In a shock transfer, NeNe Leakes has dismissed her discrimination lawsuit in opposition to Bravo and Andy Cohen.
Former Actual Housewives of Atlanta star NeNeLeakes has pulled again on her discrimination lawsuit in opposition to Bravo and Andy Cohen, initially filed again in April. Per PEOPLE, court docket paperwork obtained Monday, August 22, state that the truth star hereby, “dismisses this motion and all claims asserted by Leakes with out prejudice.” “All Events consent and stipulate to the foregoing dismissal,” the docs proceed. “No social gathering will search restoration of prices or attorneys’ charges in any submission to this Courtroom.”
Nene sued the businesses behind the Bravo present, claiming they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work surroundings, in response to her lawsuit, which was obtained by HollywoodLife.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court docket in Atlanta says NeNe complained to executives about years of racist remarks from her co-star, KimZolciak–Biermann, however solely NeNe suffered penalties. Whereas NBCUniversal, Bravo, manufacturing firms True Leisure and Really Unique, executives from the businesses and Actual Housewives govt producer Andy Cohen had been named as defendants, Kim Zolciak-Biermann was not.
“NBC, Bravo and True foster a company and office tradition through which racially-insensitive and inappropriate habits is tolerated — if not, inspired,” the go well with stated.
HollywoodLife reached out to reps of the defendants and Kim Zolciak-Biermann, however didn't obtain any responses.
NeNe, 54, whose authorized identify is Linnethia Monique Leakes, spent ten seasons as one of many major stars on RHOA between 2008 and 2020. In her go well with, NeNe says the forged was planning to attend a barbecue in the course of the first season, and Kim responded to the occasion with “phrases to the impact of: ‘I don’t need to sit round with NeNe and eat hen.’” The go well with goes on to say the assertion “perpetuated an offensive stereotype about African-Individuals.”
The go well with additionally said that in 2012 — in the course of the fifth season of the present — Kim made “racially offensive and stereotypical” feedback about KandiBurruss‘ home. The go well with claims Kim referred to as Kandi’s neighborhood the “ghetto” earlier than making an offensive remark about whether or not Kandi wanted a swimming pool, additional perpetuating a racial stereotype.
The go well with claimed Kim additionally used the N-word to confer with NeNe and her co-stars after an argument with them. It additionally alleged Kim falsely implied that NeNe used medication and lived in a “roach nest”.
In her go well with, NeNe claimed that after complaining to the executives overseeing the present, they “didn't terminate their relationship with Zolciak-Biermann, nor take some other significant motion to place an finish to her racially-offensive habits”. As an alternative, she claimed they rewarded her by giving her her personal spinoff present. “From the day the sequence started filming, NeNe was the goal of systemic racism from co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann, which was tolerated by Bravo govt producer Andy Cohen and different executives,” NeNe’s lawyer David deRubertis stated in a press release.
The lawsuit alleged that NeNe’s complaints of racism led partly to her being compelled off the present in 2020 earlier than its thirteenth season. NeNe “seeks financial damages to be decided at trial.”