Brandi Glanville responded to Caroline Manzo’s lawsuit in opposition to Bravo and Peacock that accuses the “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum of sexually harassing the “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” OG.

“Sadly, Brandi needed to get up to yet one more lawsuit that features defamatory, false accusations about her,” a rep for Glanville solely tells Web page Six.

“Whereas filming, Brandi adopted what the producers requested of her, and there was no sexual assault. She is harmless of those absurd accusations which have weighed on her psychological and bodily well being for a lot too lengthy with no phrase of assist from Peacock, Shed or Bravo.

“This painful storytelling appears limitless and must cease. She is trying to transfer on and upward and get her life again.”

Manzo, 62, claims in her lawsuit, obtained by Web page Six, that Glanville, 51, pressured herself on her and kissed her with out consent throughout the January 2023 filming of “The Actual Housewives Final Women Journey” in Morocco.

Manzo claims in her lawsuit that the “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum pressured herself on her and kissed her with out consent. Getty Photos

The go well with claims Glanville “[mounted] Manzo on the sofa holding Manzo down along with her physique, forcibly squeezed Manzo’s cheeks collectively and thrust her tongue in Manzo’s mouth, whereas humping her.”

The paperwork additionally assert that the incident resurfaced Manzo’s “dormant and horrific recollections” of sexual abuse that she endured at age 7.

Nonetheless, Manzo didn’t place all of the blame on Glanville, accusing Bravo, Peacock and Shed Media — the manufacturing firm behind “RHUGT” — of coercing her into such exercise.

“Defendants, together with Bravo, often ply the ‘Actual Housewives’ forged with alcohol, trigger them to grow to be severely intoxicated after which direct, encourage and/or permit them to sexually harass different forged members as a result of that’s good for scores,” the lawsuit claims.

Manzo accused Bravo, Peacock and Shed Media of coercing Glanville into such exercise. Instagram/@carolinemanzo

“Caroline Manzo is a sufferer of these dangerous actions.”

Fairly than suing Glanville, Manzo is taking authorized motion in opposition to the community, manufacturing and showrunners for allegedly encouraging her co-star’s “sexually offensive and harassing content material.”

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Manzo is suing for negligence, sexual harassment, intercourse/gender discrimination, sexual battery and different causes of motion that she says violate state legal guidelines in California and New York.

Glanville has strongly denied any wrongdoing. Instagram/@brandiglanville

Bravo and Peacock declined to touch upon the go well with.

Manzo’s lawyer, Derek Smith, lambasted the NBCUniversal properties in a heated assertion to Web page Six.

“We’re outraged by Bravo, Peacock and NBC’s conduct and stay up for having the problems determined by a jury. Sexual harassment ought to by no means be leisure!” the lawyer stated.

“We imagine this case is concerning the networks selfishly sacrificing the well-being of their expertise for scores and revenue,” he elaborated. “Brandi Glanville said she was merely doing what the producers advised her to do.”

“We’re outraged by Bravo, Peacock and NBC’s conduct and stay up for having the problems determined by a jury,” Manzo’s lawyer advised Web page Six. Instagram/Caroline Manzo

Smith concluded his feedback to us by saying actuality TV is “resulting in extreme emotional and bodily hurt of its expertise” and declaring, “This should cease.”

Throughout an unique interview with Web page Six in September 2023, Glanville — who has vehemently denied any wrongdoing — lamented that the narrative surrounding her headline-making interactions with Manzo felt “very unfair.”

Previous to filming in North Africa, the “Brandi Glanville Unfiltered” podcast host appeared on “RHUGT: Ex-Wives Membership,” filmed in 2021 at Dorinda Medley’s Bluestone Manor property in Massachusetts’ Berkshires area.

That installment of the spinoff collection noticed a portion of the forged consuming, smoking marijuana and interesting in same-sex flirtations.

Glanville beforehand appeared on “The Actual Housewives Final Women Journey: Ex-Wives Membership,” filmed in 2021. Noam Galai/Peacock
Glanville filmed a season of the spinoff with Manzo in January 2023 in Morocco. Instagram/brandiglanville

“We received drunk and excessive, and I made out with Taylor [Armstrong] and gave folks lap dances,” Glanville advised us on the time.

Glanville was beforehand talked about in a lawsuit filed in October 2023 by Marco Vega — the butler who appeared on “RHUGT: Ex-Wives Membership” in Massachusetts — who accused her of ripping off his shirt to disclose his torso throughout a raucous show.

Vega alleged the incident occurred after a strip-tease present. As soon as the enjoyable ended from the present, he claimed producers inspired him to “go over and get the ladies dancing!”

Vega sued Bravo for sexual abuse and harassment, claiming the community has a historical past of condoning inappropriate conduct from its stars. He’s asking for damages.

Glanville was beforehand talked about in a lawsuit filed in October 2023 by Marco Vega, the butler who appeared on “RHUGT: Ex-Wives Membership” in Massachusetts. Bravo,

On the time, a rep for Glanville advised us, “She has the utmost respect for Marco. Something that occurred on the set that night was requested by the producers and authorized by Marco Vega himself.”

When she got here again for one more season in Morocco, Glanville thought the “task” to ship extra of the identical content material remained the identical — however feels she was solely alerted of “new guidelines” as soon as her incident with Manzo landed her in sizzling water.

“In the event that they’re going to have guidelines for us, we will’t be taking pictures 15 hours a day, consuming all day lengthy,” she stated, “and [producers] telling us to ‘convey the occasion [because] we don’t have a present.’”

In response, a supply near manufacturing advised Web page Six that Glanville was “by no means pressured to drink and, like all forged members, was solely inspired to be her genuine self” whereas filming.

“We will’t be taking pictures 15 hours a day, consuming all day lengthy,” she advised us in September 2023, “and [producers] telling us to ‘convey the occasion [because] we don’t have a present.’” Instagram/Brandi Glanville

Web page Six broke the information in November that Peacock was debating whether or not to even air the Morocco set up of “RHUGT” in gentle of the scandal plaguing the season.

In the meantime, Glanville advised Web page Six in September that she needs the footage to air in order that followers can draw their very own conclusions.

“The longer they push [my season] again, the extra hypothesis there’s,” she sighed. “I simply need it to air and be completed, so everybody can have their takeaways.”