NBCUniversal and its subsidiary Bravo have been accused of exposing their reality stars to “grotesque and depraved mistreatment.”
A legal letter sent to NBC by attorneys Bryan Friedman and Mark Geragos and obtained by Page Six on Friday accuses the networks of making “deliberate attempts” to “manufacture mental instability” by pitting people against each other and denying mental health treatment to those displaying “obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration.”
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The letter also accuses Bravo and NBC of “distributing and/or condoning the distribution of non-consensual pornography,” as well as the “distribution of revenge porn,” though no specifics are provided.
The letter ends with accusations that the networks are “covering up acts of sexual violence.” Geragos and Friedman want NBC to keep information about pornography and alleged sexual abuse.
According to the lawyers, NBC “threatened cast members with ruin should they decide to speak out about their maltreatment.”
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“As a result, the sordid and dark underbelly of NBC’s extensively consumed reality TV universe has remained under wraps for far too long,” the letter says, without naming the clients. “Please be advised that the day of reckoning has arrived.”
NBC and Bravo representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The devastating letter comes just days after Bethenny Frankel, a former “Real Housewives of New York City” star, pushed reality stars to join the SAG-AFTRA strike.
