In reality television, the people are represented by two separate but equally obsessed attorneys.

This is their podcast. Hi, I'm Sussi. And I'm Angela. And this is the Bravo docket.

So this is part two of this episode. If you're starting with this one, you should go back to one episode prior and listen to that one first.

All right, so now we're going to read through the complaint.

Would you like to start us off?

So starting with paragraph one of the complaint titled Preliminary Statement. Rachel is a former cast member on

Vanderpump Rules, a reality television show produced by evolution media and broadcast by Bravo Media, an asset of NBC Universal,

this case arises from a scandal of epic proportions

starting in March 2023,

stemming from an affair between Rachel and another cast member, Tom Sandoval,

Gandoval, as it became known, went viral and was the subject of extraordinary press coverage, even in the mainstream media.

Scandevall injected new life into a previously faltering series, causing its

viewership to explode to unseen levels and making its cast members mega celebrities.

Due to a narrative deliberately fomented by Bravo, evolution, and the cast,

Rachel became an object of public scorn and ridicule.

To be clear, Rachel has repeatedly acknowledged that her actions were morally objectionable

and hurtful to Ariana.

She has offered numerous apologies.

There is more to the story, however.

Lost in the mix was that Rachel was a victim of the predatory and dishonest behavior

of an older man who recorded sexually explicit videos of her without her knowledge or consent, which were

then distributed, disseminated, and discussed publicly by a scorned woman seeking vengeance catalyzing the scandal.

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