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Faith Stowers Sues Bravo, NBCU for Alleged Racist Harassment and Retaliation Over ‘Vanderpump Rules’
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Faith Stowers is suing NBCUniversal for alleged racial harassment and retaliation that included racial slurs and other mistreatment on “Vanderpump Rules.”
According to DiversityStowers claims that “Rules” forged member Lala Kent “swung a knife at her during an argument in Season 4, held it to her neck and threatened to ‘cut her stomach.’ Stowers alleges in her lawsuit that the show’s executive producer discouraged her from reporting the incident with Kent to police and that Lisa Vanderpump, the show’s creator and star, warned her that she would be fired if she “didn’t discover a method to come to terms” with Kent.
The lawsuit was filed on April 5 in the state Supreme Court of California in Los Angeles.
NBCU representatives did not immediately respond to Grio’s request for comment.
Stowers also claims that she was mocked on the show for having “diaper hair” and was the victim of racial slurs. Stowers claims that former “Rules” stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute “slandered” her and accused her of being a “serial criminal who drugs and robs men throughout Los Angeles.”
As previously reported by theGrio, Stowers first mentioned alleged racist incidents between her, Schroeder and Doute in 2020. Both Schroeder and Doute were fired shortly after Stowers’ comments on Instagram Live. But in the lawsuit, Stowers calls the layoffs “a stunningly cynical act of performative allyship.” Variation reported.
In the lawsuit, Stowers claims that she was demoted to an unpaid “volunteer” after the show’s fourth season, claiming it was “retaliation for speaking out about her mistreatment.” She also claims that NBC “warned” her, saying that making her claims public would “violate” her contract.
“NBC and Evolution (the production company) clearly believe that workplace safety, labor laws and basic decency do not apply to those on reality television,” Stowers’ lawyers said in a statement obtained by Variety. “The brazen attacks, racist harassment and questioning of veterans’ service are apparently acceptable to NBC and Evolution for ratings purposes. Faith didn’t know what a mess she was in and reported this illegal behavior to her superiors. In response, she was relegated to the role of ‘volunteer’ and deprived of her already meager salary.”
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