Jan. 22 2024, Printed 1:09 p.m. ET
Bravo and the producers behind Actual Housewives: Final Women Journey fought again in opposition to the butler who labored on the present and filed a lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment on set by Phaedra Parks and Brandi Glanville.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, the community and producers Shed Media requested a courtroom to dismiss the case introduced by Marco Vega.
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Vega labored as a butler on the second season of the Housewives spin-off that aired on Peacock. The season featured a sequence of former housewives taking a trip at ex-RHONY star Dorinda Medley’s Blue Stone Manor in Massachusetts.
In his lawsuit, Vega claimed “it was Ms. Glanville who on RHUGT within the Berkshires sexually harassed and abused MARCO VEGA.”
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His lawyer trashed Bravo and producers for permitting Glanville to be a forged member. ““Defendants had overwhelming prior discover of Ms. GLANVILLE’s prior deviant sexual proclivities and sexually harassing conduct.”
The go well with added, “Nevertheless, regardless of this data, Defendants wrongfully continued to rent GLANVILLE for his or her exhibits. Defendants allowed, condoned and even inspired Ms. GLANVILLE’s sexually aggressive and offensive conduct on others on the units.”
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Vega claimed producers had been conscious of Glanville’s “tendency to sexually harass others.” As well as, he claimed producers inspired Glanville “to grow to be drunk on the set in order that she can be extra more likely to commit outrageous and harassing acts.”
Within the lawsuit, Vega even accused Parks of sexually abusing him.
“Defendants additional inspired different housewives comparable to Phaedra Parks and others to grow to be inebriated and sexually harass others. On account of Defendants’ actions and inactions, Ms. GLANVILLE and Phaedra Parks sexually abused and harassed MARCO VEGA inflicting him emotional misery and different damages.”
Vega mentioned that throughout the September 2021 manufacturing, Parks slapped him on his bottom whereas Glanville ripped off his shirt whereas one other ladies carried out a strip tease for the case.
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He mentioned Glanville instructed him, “Earn your cash, Marco. Take your shirt off. Do one thing” Vega mentioned he suffered emotional misery over the incident.
Glanville and Parks should not defendants within the lawsuit.
Within the newly filed movement, Bravo and producers argued his case was filed within the improper state, two of his claims had been filed previous the statute of limitations and labeled one other one among his claims “frivolous.”
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Additional, they argue he by no means raised the difficulty of sexual harassment on set.
“Plaintiff’s obscure allegation that he instructed producers that he was being sexually harassed by Glanville lacks any specificity, together with when he allegedly made this assertion, to whom, and the way they responded,” the movement reads.
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As well as, John Paparazzo, the Showrunner and one of many govt producers of the season, mentioned, “I used to be current and noticed the forged for everything of the burlesque present occasion and dinner that night, together with the portion of the night when Plaintiff danced with varied members of the forged. Primarily based on my observations that night, Plaintiff appeared to be having a superb time, laughing, and collaborating throughout the occasion.”
He added, “I didn’t see anybody contact Plaintiff on his genitals or another non-public space, nor did anybody ever report such conduct to me or, to my data, anybody else related to the present.”
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Additional, Paparazzo mentioned, “[Vega] was by no means terminated from his employment, disciplined, demoted, or suspended. There was by no means any adversarial motion taken in opposition to him, on the premise of his intercourse and/or gender, or for another cause. He was by no means disadvantaged of compensation, phrases, situations, or privileges of his employment, and was paid in full for his providers.”
The showrunner added, “[Vega] voluntarily returned to work as scheduled the day after the burlesque scene was shot. His employment got here to an finish, together with the members of the forged and crew, when pictures for the season wrapped.”
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As well as, Paparazzo mentioned Vega by no means complained to him concerning the alleged sexual harassment on set.
A choose has but to rule on Bravo and Shed Media’s movement to dismiss.
As we beforehand reported, in 2023, it was revealed Glanville was kicked off a separate season of Final Women Journey after an incident involving Caroline Manzo.