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Speaker 1: Hey rain Drops.
Speaker 2: On today's episode of Reality with the King, we are
Speaker 2: going to begin this episode with the breaking news that
Speaker 2: Caroline Manzo is suing Bravo with claims of sexual harassment
Speaker 2: by a CASTMATEE who is Brandy Glanville.
Speaker 1: Now what I'm.
Speaker 2: About to read, Honey, is all alleged Sierra cue the
Speaker 2: allegedly sound effect.
Speaker 1: Allegedly allegedly allegedly.
Speaker 2: So if you hear that baritone because you know, with
Speaker 2: me and my voice, child, when you hear the baritone
Speaker 2: of allegedly spread throughout this episode, honey, you're going to
Speaker 2: know why. Because these accusations are severe up in here.
Speaker 1: Let's get started.
Speaker 2: Former ra Housewives of New Jersey star Caroline Manzo is
Speaker 2: suing Bravo. She followed a lawsuit in New York City.
Speaker 2: She's suing Bravo, Forest Productions, NBC, Universal Media, Shed Media, US,
Speaker 2: and Peacock, claiming that the plaintiffs sacrifice in quotes, their
Speaker 2: cast members safety for their own ratings and profits. Caroline
Speaker 2: and Brandy Glanville were on a show that girl at
Speaker 2: this point will never see the light of day in
Speaker 2: my opinion of The Real Housewife Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco. Now,
Speaker 2: on this podcast, we talked about these allegations that were
Speaker 2: in People magazine. Hey Dave Quinn who reported on it
Speaker 2: a year ago. This is before they wrapped filming. We
Speaker 2: learned about these allegations. I want to say the day
Speaker 2: after all of this alleged accusations happened. Okay, now it's official,
Speaker 2: because Caroline did file a lawsuit. In the lawsuit, Caroline
Speaker 2: is accusing the network of regularly providing the cast with
Speaker 2: alcohol to get them severely intoxicated, allegedly and then directing, encouraging,
Speaker 2: and allowing them to sexually harass other cast members because
Speaker 2: that is for good ratings.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, these are some strong allegations.
Speaker 2: According to the lawsuit, they are alleging that Brandy Glanville
Speaker 2: allegedly had a long history of sexually harassing people and
Speaker 2: was encouraged to do so. Oh boy, Okay, this is
Speaker 2: all what the lawsuit states. Now, Listen, I'm a lawyer.
Speaker 2: I do not have esquire after my name. So I'm
Speaker 2: just gonna read to y'all what some of these accusations
Speaker 2: in the lawsuit are claiming. All right, in the lawsuit,
Speaker 2: Child Caroline is talking about what happened on the Girls Trip. Okay,
Speaker 2: so this is what she is alleging. So remember on
Speaker 2: the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, we had Brandy Landbelt,
Speaker 2: Faedra Parks, Eva, Marcel, Caroline Manzo, Alex McCord, Vicky Galvison,
Speaker 2: and Camille Grammar and Gretchen Rassie. Damn, we won't be
Speaker 2: able to see Gretchen or Alex or Camille in my
Speaker 2: Florida Evans. Good Times voice, damn, damn, damn. Now, look,
Speaker 2: I'm of a particular age, so please let me know
Speaker 2: that you know what I'm talking about when I say
Speaker 2: the Good Time Show with Florida Evans.
Speaker 1: Okay, now, Caroline is saying.
Speaker 2: On the third day of the trip, while at a
Speaker 2: local Moroccan chef's home, Caroline is a legend that Brandy
Speaker 2: Gladvilt began making lewde gestures and sexual comments, and when
Speaker 2: Manzoe spoke to Brandy, allegedly her cast makes cursed at
Speaker 2: her and told her she.
Speaker 1: Would quote unquote do what the blank she wanted.
Speaker 2: According to the lawsuit, Manzo alleged that on that same night,
Speaker 2: an intoxicated Brandy spread Manzo's legs and laid her head
Speaker 2: on her inner thigh, with Caroline pulling away and moving
Speaker 2: to the other end of the couch. Honey, There's more.
Speaker 2: The suit also says, and I quote that Brandy was
Speaker 2: exerting her dominance over Manzo. Brandy allegedly followed Manzo and
Speaker 2: set right next to her on the couch. Caroline is
Speaker 2: alleging that Brandy kissed her multiple times before forcibly holding
Speaker 2: her down, squeezing her cheeks, and sticking her tongue.
Speaker 1: In her mouth while humping her.
Speaker 2: The suit alleged that Brandy is a foot taller than
Speaker 2: Caroline and heavier, making it hard for Caroline to free herself,
Speaker 2: which she eventually did. Oh boy, okay, rain drops. There's more.
Speaker 2: According to the suit, again, this is all alleged. Caroline
Speaker 2: alleged that not long after that, Brandy came into the
Speaker 2: bathroom with two other housewives from the New York cast
Speaker 2: and inappropriately touch her, eventually her against the door and
Speaker 2: pushing Caroline's hand away from the lock. According to the suit,
Speaker 2: Caroline alesged she called for help multiple times, but no
Speaker 2: one came. The suit also alleged that producers listened to
Speaker 2: the interaction on audio and sent one of the producers
Speaker 2: to the door to investigate, but the producer did not
Speaker 2: open the door or do anything to stop be assault.
Speaker 2: Caroline says she was finally let out of the bathroom
Speaker 2: by one of the New York City housewives after she
Speaker 2: saw what was happening.
Speaker 1: There's more.
Speaker 2: According to Caroline, allegedly, when she got back to her room,
Speaker 2: two producers came in and asked her what happened in
Speaker 2: the bathroom. She says she began to cry and told
Speaker 2: them what happened, asking not to be left alone with Brandy.
Speaker 2: The lawsuit states that Manzo was scared for her safety
Speaker 2: and well being. Caroline alleged that Brandy sent her a
Speaker 2: text message apologizing for her behavior the night before, to
Speaker 2: which she did not respond. Manze said filming continued with
Speaker 2: Brandy present and she was uncomfortable, noting that Brandy was
Speaker 2: complaining that Caroline had accused her of sexual assault. Manzoe
Speaker 2: alleged she was told that Brandy was being removed from
Speaker 2: the Desert and Villa property to stay at a nearby hotel.
Speaker 2: Caroline alleged and said that two of the producers told
Speaker 2: her Brandy's actions were her way of showing love and
Speaker 2: they wanted her to meet with Brandy. According to the lawsuit,
Speaker 2: the defendants were more focused on the continuation of the
Speaker 2: show rather than the health and well being of Manzo
Speaker 2: after she was sexually assaulted. Caroline alleged that she was
Speaker 2: and I quote disgusted at how her sexual assault and
Speaker 2: its aftermath were being used for entertainment purposes and put
Speaker 2: her other castmates in danger.
Speaker 1: Effacing the same sexual.
Speaker 2: Harassment and assault, Caroline said she left the production early,
Speaker 2: she said that producers were still trying to film her
Speaker 2: and Caroline's words in the lawsuit for the drama. The
Speaker 2: lawsuit cides other incidents of sexual assault and harassment of
Speaker 2: other housewives during the several seasons Brandy was on and
Speaker 2: on the seasons.
Speaker 1: Of Ultimate Girls Trip.
Speaker 2: The lawsuit says the defendants allowed Brandy's behavior because it
Speaker 2: helped their ratings and quotes, regardless of who who was hurt.
Speaker 2: Those are some very strong accusations and it's very very
Speaker 2: disturbing to read those things. I've said this once and
Speaker 2: I'll say it again. I worked on the first two
Speaker 2: seasons of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. I know
Speaker 2: Caroline Manzel personally, regardless of how you may feel about Caroline,
Speaker 2: and I wasn't there, so I don't know what happened child.
Speaker 2: As a journalist, my job is to report on the
Speaker 2: story and not insert my opinion, right, But what I
Speaker 2: will say is, as somebody who has worked with Caroline
Speaker 2: on the first two seasons of New Jersey Housewives, she's
Speaker 2: a very conservative woman. And I don't mean just her
Speaker 2: political beliefs, I mean her demeanor who she is as
Speaker 2: a woman, as a mother, as a wife. She's very conservative.
Speaker 2: She doesn't party, she doesn't hang out. She's very conservative,
Speaker 2: and reading this, my heart goes out to Caroline. It's
Speaker 2: very sad and nobody should have to experience that, So
Speaker 2: my heart goes off to Carolina. So obviously, you know
Speaker 2: Brandy Glanville is somebody who will always speak her mind.
Speaker 1: And she did that.
Speaker 2: On Twitter, where Child is called X now the alphabet
Speaker 2: X the letter X on the artist formerly known as
Speaker 2: Twitter yes on X. Brandy responded to an article that
Speaker 2: spoke about the incident. She called it and I quote
Speaker 2: character assassination, saying the producers are the ones who encourage
Speaker 2: alcohol use on set. She also posted asking them to
Speaker 2: air the new season of Ultimate Girl's Trip so that
Speaker 2: she could be vindicated. Brandy, girl, I would be shocked
Speaker 2: if they air that season. Honey, I don't think it's
Speaker 2: going to air. I did read elsewhere that they made
Speaker 2: they want to air it so that they could be vindicated.
Speaker 1: I don't know. There's a lawsuit alleging sexual assault.
Speaker 2: Listen to my opinion, Child, I don't think we will
Speaker 2: ever see it. These are some very disturbing allegations. When
Speaker 2: you file a lawsuit and We'll see how far this goes.
Speaker 2: More than likely they're going to ask to confiscate the
Speaker 2: footage so that they can use that as evidence. So
Speaker 2: in order for this lawsuit to either be dismissed or
Speaker 2: to be held in court, more than likely they have.
Speaker 1: To see the footage.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, it wouldn't make sense to air it
Speaker 2: because you have to use the footage to defend these claims.
Speaker 2: Whether or not that will be the cause of this,
Speaker 2: we don't know whether or not this would be settled
Speaker 2: out of court. Obviously, Caroline and her relationship with the
Speaker 2: network is nonexistence at this point. Brandy Glanville's future on
Speaker 2: the network. We shall see what happens. My opinion is,
Speaker 2: I just don't think you will see Brandy back on
Speaker 2: the network. My opinion, will you see Brandy back in
Speaker 2: unscripted television.
Speaker 1: I don't know that.
Speaker 2: It's hard to say. I mean, look, let's call a
Speaker 2: spade a spade. Okay, Brandy is great television. Brandy is
Speaker 2: great television because she speaks her mind, she's she's a
Speaker 2: fun girl. Brandy does appear, and again, I've never worked
Speaker 2: with Brandy, so I'm only telling you what these two
Speaker 2: eyeballs see on television.
Speaker 1: Child Brandy allegedly.
Speaker 2: Appears to have a very interesting relationship with alcohol as
Speaker 2: it relates to her time on television.
Speaker 1: I don't know well she does in personal life, and
Speaker 1: I'm not here to talk about that. She's a great mom.
Speaker 1: We've seen that, so again, personal life.
Speaker 2: I don't know Brandy and I'm not here to add
Speaker 2: on to any sort of comments about Brandy's use of alcohol.
Speaker 2: I don't know her like that. I'm only talking about
Speaker 2: what I see on television, and I think we all
Speaker 2: can agree that she's great TV. She's a fun girl
Speaker 2: when she is on camera. She is wild, she's free,
Speaker 2: she's fun. She does drink a lot, and I think
Speaker 2: her the castmates have even said that does that extend
Speaker 2: in her personal life with all cameras, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I don't know, and I'm not here to judge her.
Speaker 2: So when you think about her role on unscripted television,
Speaker 2: some people may feel like Brandy is a liability.
Speaker 1: The question is can.
Speaker 2: You hire Brandy to do a job without her feeling
Speaker 2: the need to drink? And I think that's something that
Speaker 2: only Brandy can answer for herself. Once again, she's fantastic television,
Speaker 2: and these allegations are very serious and it's very disturbing,
Speaker 2: and I just.
Speaker 1: Don't know what her future lies.
Speaker 2: My opinion, I don't think you will ever see Brandy
Speaker 2: Umbravo again.
Speaker 1: I think maybe be a long time.
Speaker 2: A lot of people who are in the business have
Speaker 2: said to me, well, Carlos, do you think if Brandy
Speaker 2: is able to show the world she's sober and you
Speaker 2: can follow her sobriety again? I don't know how Brandy
Speaker 2: acts when the cameras aren't around. So I don't like
Speaker 2: to perpetuate a stereotype of because she appears to drink
Speaker 2: a lot on camera, that that translates into her personal life.
Speaker 2: I think only Brandy herself can answer that. I think
Speaker 2: Brandy has to figure out her place on television. I
Speaker 2: don't know if Brandy feels the need to have liquor
Speaker 2: courage in order to give us great television. I just
Speaker 2: don't know what we saw when she was on the
Speaker 2: Real Housewats of Billy Hills. Let's be mother e f
Speaker 2: and clear, Brandy clocked in and got those girls to work.
Speaker 2: She's great television. You cannot take that away from her.
Speaker 2: She brought something to the Real Housewots of Billy Hills.
Speaker 1: That was like whoa.
Speaker 2: She clocked in because she was the anti suburban housewife
Speaker 2: and we enjoyed it. We did see a few things
Speaker 2: with Brandy there we felt like, oh, okay, ms mamas,
Speaker 2: you may be doing the most. I mean when she
Speaker 2: slapped Lisa Vanda Pump, I felt it was uncalled for
Speaker 2: and I felt like she was doing the most to
Speaker 2: make great television instead of just being herself, because I
Speaker 2: think Brandy being herself is great TV. Her last full
Speaker 2: time season of The Real House Swots of Billy Hills,
Speaker 2: I felt that Brandy was doing the most that season,
Speaker 2: and I felt that Brandy was just thirsty for making
Speaker 2: a moment. I mean, she threw a drink at Eileen Davidson,
Speaker 2: an Emmy Award winning iconic, legendary honey, legendary soap opera actress,
Speaker 2: threw a drink in her face. What in the love
Speaker 2: and Hip Hop vander Pump Rules is going on here?
Speaker 2: In one season, she threw a drink on Eileen Davidson
Speaker 2: and slapped Lisa vander Pump. So again, I think Brandy
Speaker 2: goes too far when it comes to making great television.
Speaker 2: And I'm only basing this off of her last full
Speaker 2: time season on the Real Housewives of Billy Hills. I
Speaker 2: don't know what happened to Morocco. We haven't seen it
Speaker 2: chiw we ain't gonna see it allegedly, So I.
Speaker 1: Ain't talking about her behavior there. I wasn't their child.
Speaker 2: I'm only talking about what I see on the television,
Speaker 2: you know, the television.
Speaker 1: Baby that was wild.
Speaker 2: And it's no surprise that was her last season because
Speaker 2: for me, I felt that the cast members rallied around
Speaker 2: each other and said she's doing too much.
Speaker 1: We don't mind her making great television.
Speaker 2: The Lisa Renna throwed drink at Kim Richards, absolutely, but
Speaker 2: I think the cast felt like, Okay, that was warranted.
Speaker 2: Kim Richards was, you know, going to talk about the husbands,
Speaker 2: so they felt like, well, she that's warranted. Don't talk
Speaker 2: about my husband. Child.
Speaker 1: But Eileen Davison having a good drink thrown.
Speaker 2: At her at that table was not called for. Lisa
Speaker 2: Van der Pump getting a slap in her face was
Speaker 2: not called for, And I was not surprised that she
Speaker 2: was not as back next season because I do feel
Speaker 2: like those girls said she's doing the most and she's
Speaker 2: making us uncomfortable. And when it comes to Caroline, in
Speaker 2: my opinion, this must have been a very hurtful experience
Speaker 2: for her, because I do know that Caroline adores her
Speaker 2: relationship with the network, So for her to sue them
Speaker 2: and not sue Brandy and a lot of people are saying, well,
Speaker 2: you know, why didn't she sue Brandy?
Speaker 1: My opinion, allegedly is the.
Speaker 2: Fact that I don't think Caroline wanted to sue a
Speaker 2: single mother who doesn't have the means to handle a lawsuit.
Speaker 1: Allegedly, that's my opinion.
Speaker 2: I think Caroline wanted to spare Brandy and all of
Speaker 2: this and instead go for the big dogs.
Speaker 1: Let's just say that.
Speaker 2: So what we do know, Child, is you won't see
Speaker 2: Caroline back on the network Child after this, Honey. One
Speaker 2: thing about Caroline, she was very comfortable not being on television.
Speaker 2: Caroline has never appeared to be thirsty. She always had
Speaker 2: fun filming Jersey Housewives and understood the assignment, and when
Speaker 2: it was time for her to go, she left. She
Speaker 2: has told us that the network did ask her back
Speaker 2: several times on New Jersey in a friend of role,
Speaker 2: and she felt like I am more than a friend
Speaker 2: of I'm a full time housewife. If that's what you want,
Speaker 2: make me full time and pay me full time. And
Speaker 2: she declined, you gotta respect it. That goes to show you,
Speaker 2: miss think ain't thirsty, honey, That Brownstone is still collecting
Speaker 2: millions honey.
Speaker 1: Yes, Caroline, Yeah, Caroline.
Speaker 2: Doesn't need the money. The Brownstone is still very lucrative, Darling.
Speaker 2: So that's where things are with it. And again there's
Speaker 2: tons of accusations about what's gonna happen with the show,
Speaker 2: what isn't going to happen. Like I said, reading this
Speaker 2: made me sad because again I don't feel no one
Speaker 2: should go through that. Let's be very clear. And again
Speaker 2: my heart goes out to Caroline based on what I read,
Speaker 2: and Brandy is saying that, you know, there's more to
Speaker 2: the story. Brandy has accused producers of egging her on. Allegedly,
Speaker 2: Brandy has exposed text messages with producers, and the text
Speaker 2: messages that she exposed I believe it was on the
Speaker 2: night of the incident, or at least on the trip.
Speaker 2: So I want to be able to also use his
Speaker 2: opportunity to make sure that Brandy's voice is heard too
Speaker 2: in this and this is what she has said now,
Speaker 2: first of all, before I meet the text messages, this
Speaker 2: is what she has said in her tweets leading up
Speaker 2: to it. Okay, Brandy has said producers may not shove
Speaker 2: the alcohol down our throats, but they sure do encourage it,
Speaker 2: even in Morocco during the day where it's illegal to drink. Okay,
Speaker 2: and the text messages, she blocked out the producer's name
Speaker 2: and in this text message that was texting her on
Speaker 2: January twenty fourth, twenty twenty three, at four twenty eight
Speaker 2: in the morning, who try y'all up that lake? I
Speaker 2: go to bed at eleven thirty five, Yes, thirty five pm.
Speaker 2: The alleged text from the producer says, you, Vicki and
Speaker 2: Eva should pull Faeder aside to talk about your drinking
Speaker 2: game set up for today while at the Spice Market.
Speaker 2: When she posted that text exchange, Brandy said in another tweet,
Speaker 2: it is completely illegal to rock around a spot, ice
Speaker 2: market and the shopping areas in Morocco with water bottles
Speaker 2: filled with vodka. She claimed that there are designated places
Speaker 2: that you are allowed to drink and it's mostly at night.
Speaker 2: She also alleged that the butler in Morocco was told
Speaker 2: to flirt with her specifically, according to Brandy, she tweeted,
Speaker 2: I asked him if he had a girlfriend. He said yes,
Speaker 2: and I told him not to do it, and I
Speaker 2: did not participate. He was lovely and I did not
Speaker 2: want his life ruined. What's also interesting is the let
Speaker 2: me get my facts, ray child. You know it's a journalist.
Speaker 2: I gotta make sure I get names and places right, child,
Speaker 2: because there's another lawsuit from the Ultimate Girls Trip season
Speaker 2: that Brandy was on, and this one I believe is
Speaker 2: from the butler. Yes, so the butler on the Real
Speaker 2: high Wise Ultimate Girl's Trip.
Speaker 1: This is season two when I.
Speaker 2: Believe the girls were at Derinda's place in the Hamptons.
Speaker 1: His name is Marco Vega.
Speaker 2: The butler on the second season of The Real Housewives
Speaker 2: Ultimate Girl's Trip filed a lawsuit alleging he was sexually
Speaker 2: assaulted by cast members Brandy and Phedra. In the suit,
Speaker 2: he says it was miss Glanville, who on the Real
Speaker 2: Housewives Ultimate Girl's Trip in the Berkshires sexually harassed and
Speaker 2: abused him. He's alleging sexual deband honey and harassing conduct
Speaker 2: so look, it just doesn't look good for Brandy. And again,
Speaker 2: I wasn't there. I don't know what happened. I'm here
Speaker 2: to report the news to the rain drops so that
Speaker 2: you guys can have a better understanding of this. What
Speaker 2: I would like to know is and y'all let me
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Speaker 2: a tweet me how at your boy? Do you think
Speaker 2: that we will ever see the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls
Speaker 2: Trip Morocco Edition? I would like to know your thoughts
Speaker 2: about this lawsuit. Is Brandy's relationship with Bravo severed forever?
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