Andy Cohen once described the Real Housewives franchise as “guilt free gossiping,” and now he, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros Discovery and others are denying any guilt in the workplace discrimination and retaliation claims from Rhony vet Leah McSweeney.
And, with the Constitution as their primary shield, it ain’t pretty.
“While Plaintiff attempts to overwhelm with a 754-paragraph complaint, even a cursory review of her allegations reveals that many concern matters entirely irrelevant to her claims and most are devoid of any factual or legal support, speculative, misleading, and/or demonstrably false,” declares a memorandum of law supporting Cohen’s May 22 motion to toss out McSweeney’s drugs, drink and discrimination claims of February 27.
Prepared by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s Christine Lepera, Jacaob Albertson and Adam Levin, the motion, which is also of behalf of fellow defendants NBCU, Wbd, Lisa Shannon, John Paparazzo, Darren Ward, Shed Media US Inc and Bravo Media,...
And, with the Constitution as their primary shield, it ain’t pretty.
“While Plaintiff attempts to overwhelm with a 754-paragraph complaint, even a cursory review of her allegations reveals that many concern matters entirely irrelevant to her claims and most are devoid of any factual or legal support, speculative, misleading, and/or demonstrably false,” declares a memorandum of law supporting Cohen’s May 22 motion to toss out McSweeney’s drugs, drink and discrimination claims of February 27.
Prepared by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s Christine Lepera, Jacaob Albertson and Adam Levin, the motion, which is also of behalf of fellow defendants NBCU, Wbd, Lisa Shannon, John Paparazzo, Darren Ward, Shed Media US Inc and Bravo Media,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO and Bill Maher’s production company are seeking to toss out a sexual harassment claim that is part of a lawsuit from a former Real Time with Bill Maher staffer.
“While all of Van Ham’s claims are without merit, her sexual harassment claim fails as a matter of law because (1) it is time barred, and (2) she does not plead facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action because she had failed to allege conduct that was both ‘because of’ her sex and also so ‘severe or pervasive’ that it altered the conditions of her employment,” states the defendants’ November 30 filed Demurrer without Motion to Strike to First Amended Complaint (read it here). “Accordingly, Defendants’ Demurrer should be sustained in full and without leave to amend,” the paperwork from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s Adam Levin and Sandra Hanian adds.
Not rehired by the HBO chat show in the...
“While all of Van Ham’s claims are without merit, her sexual harassment claim fails as a matter of law because (1) it is time barred, and (2) she does not plead facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action because she had failed to allege conduct that was both ‘because of’ her sex and also so ‘severe or pervasive’ that it altered the conditions of her employment,” states the defendants’ November 30 filed Demurrer without Motion to Strike to First Amended Complaint (read it here). “Accordingly, Defendants’ Demurrer should be sustained in full and without leave to amend,” the paperwork from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s Adam Levin and Sandra Hanian adds.
Not rehired by the HBO chat show in the...
- 12/2/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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