The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Brit Eady is taking authorized motion in opposition to Bravo.
Eady filed a $20 million lawsuit in opposition to the community on Thursday, June 5, for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional misery, false mild, sexual harassment, hostile work surroundings and extra following her expertise filming season 16, based on court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly.
Particularly, the go well with addresses an incident airing on the April 6 episode of The Actual Housewives of Atlanta.
Viewers watched Kenya Moore host a number of the solid on the grand opening of her Kenya Moore Hair Spa enterprise. Through the occasion, Moore unveiled explicit images purportedly of Eady — who was not current on the taping.
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After the occasion, Bravo conducted an investigation and determined Moore could not film with the cast for the remainder of the season.
In accordance with Eady’s lawsuit, Bravo allegedly “knew that the {photograph} didn’t depict [Eady] or, on the very least, had been reckless or grossly negligent in failing to study that the {photograph} didn’t depict [Eady].”
Regardless of Eady’s repeated requests previous to the airing of the episode to see the {photograph} in query, the defendants allegedly didn’t present her. Because of this, Eady’s lawsuit claims Bravo “contributed to a hostile work surroundings for [Eady] and sexually harassed [Eady] by subjecting [her] to unwelcome, offensive and sexualized habits and feedback primarily based on her gender.”
Brit Eady Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo
Within the lawsuit, Eady is requesting punitive damages and the instant elimination of the episode from public entry on all platforms. If the defendants fail to seem, Eady’s workforce requested a judgement of a minimum of $20 million.
Us Weekly has reached out to Bravo and Eady’s lawyer for remark. Moore is just not listed as a defendant within the case.
On Thursday, each Eady, 37, and Moore, 54, introduced they’d not be attending The Actual Housewives of Atlanta season 16 reunion taping.
“I’m disillusioned to not be part of the #RHOA 16 reunion taping immediately,” Moore wrote via X on the time. “Please know I take full accountability for my actions and deeply apologize to all these affected together with Brittney, the solid, crew, visitors and viewers. I stay up for seeing you all again on Bravo quickly.”
Eady additionally confirmed through Instagram Story that she personally made the choice to not attend the reunion taping.
“The occasions of this season have devastated me, and whereas I can not say a lot proper now, I do need to set the report straight about one factor: the graphic sexual picture surrounding the occasions in Episode 5. That picture was not me,” she wrote. “Because the episode made clear, I didn’t see the picture on the time. Slightly, I used to be made conscious of the picture being introduced on the occasion, and primarily based on what I used to be instructed, assumed that it was in some way a photograph of me.”
Eady added, “I have no idea who was in that picture, however upon seeing it for the primary time not too long ago, I now comprehend it was not me.”
