Judge weighs lawsuit alleging 'Real Housewives' creators abused a cast member

Описание: (15 Nov 2024)
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New York - 14 October 2022
1. Medium, Andy Cohen posing at BravoCon

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2. Andy Cohen poses with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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3. Medium of Andy Cohen arriving at the Broadway opening of 'Music Man'

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4. Various, Leah McSweeney posing on a red carpet
STORYLINE:
A former cast member of "The Real Housewives of New York" was in court Thursday as her attorney argued the First Amendment cannot shield the show's creators from a lawsuit alleging the show's participants were subjected to a “rotted workplace culture.”

Attorney Sarah Matz urged a judge to let a lawsuit brought by Leah McSweeney proceed to the stage where evidence can be gathered. Adam Levin, a lawyer for defendants including the Bravo channel and Andy Cohen, one of the show's producers and the host of its late-night show "Watch What Happens Live"," told the judge that the lawsuit's allegations were protected by the First Amendment.

The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that McSweeney, who suffers from alcoholism, was pressured to drink booze on the show and was retaliated against when she wanted to stay sober or was denied reasonable accommodations to aid her efforts at sobriety.

McSweeney was a full-time cast member on the show for seasons 12 and 13.

The judge did not immediately rule.

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