NeNe Leakes Hires Beverly Hills Lawyer To Handle Her Bravo Lawsuit
Linnethia «NeNe» Leakes, a former housewife of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, is ensuring she is fully prepared to fight her lawsuit with Bravo, as she hired a famous Beverly Hills lawyer. By now, the public is aware that Leakes is suing Bravo, Andy Cohen, and other executive producers from involved companies for allegedly having and condoning a racist workplace culture and environment. The suit was issued on April 20, and Kim Zolciak-Biermann was also named in the suit for her racist behavior, however, she is not being sued.
One issue the suit was alleging was that Andy Cohen played a part in sabotaging Leakes' career. Leakes was blatant about her feeling that Cohen was racist and once she was no longer on RHOA, she was trying to negotiate a deal with Sirius XM to have her own radio talk show. Based on information in the suit, Cohen admitted to speaking with executives from Sirius XM and informing them that Leakes would request a lump sum for having her own show. It is said that this was done in an effort to keep Leakes from landing the deal. Labelling Bravo, Cohen, and those others listed in the suit as racists have also caused Leakes to feel blacklisted in the entertainment industry. At first, Leakes' claims were not being received well by many, but now, fans are on Leakes' side after the public was told that the RHOA housewives of season 14 paid for one of their own promotional videos.
Related: RHOA Fans Support NeNe Leakes’ Alleged Racism Claims Against Bravo
Leakes has started to lawyer up and according to The Sun, she has hired David deRubertis, a litigation lawyer, to represent her case. Though deRubertis is not an entertainment lawyer, the reports state that Judge Thomas W. Thrash, a senior judge in Georgia,
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