The Amended Manzo Complaint: Caroline v. Bravo Gets Messier
The Bravo Docket
Cesie and Angela
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Since we're all suffering from RHONJ withdrawals this year, we’re turning our attention to updates in Caroline Manzo's lawsuit against Bravo. Since we last discussed this case, Caroline has amended her complaint, drawing unexpected legal parallels to Leah McSweeney’s case. We break down the original and updated filings, Bravo’s motion to dismiss, and the tricky jurisdictional and first amendment issues Caroline is facing.
What’s on the docket?
- Key differences between Caroline Manzo’s original complaint and the amended version
- Revisiting the details of Glanville's alleged sexual assault in Morocco
- The jurisdiction issue — whether New York courts can hear the case
- Highlights from Bravo’s motion to dismiss and why it may hold weight
- Executive Producer Lisa Shannon’s declaration and her account of the incident
- Plus how Bravo submitted the raw footage of the incidents to the Court
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| 0:06.4 | The crux of the Real Housewives franchise is the women's relationships with each other. |
| 0:11.2 | So footage depicting the incident at issue in the complaint, Manzo's perceptions of it, |
| 0:16.1 | the other cast members' perceptions of it, and the aftermath of it are necessarily depicted in several episodes. |
| 0:22.6 | Attached tier two as exhibits three through six are the relevant portions of the relevant episodes |
| 0:28.2 | that shed delivered to the network. Chills. I got full body chills. Yeah. Welcome to the Bravo Docket, where your favorite reality TV drama meets the courtroom. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm Sessie, and I'm Angela, and we're two attorneys with a passion for pop culture, here to dive into the juiciest lawsuits and legal battles in the world of reality TV. |
| 0:55.2 | Whether you're here for the facts, fun, or just some law 101. |
| 0:59.2 | Let's get into today's case. |
| 1:02.6 | Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Bravo Docket. |
| 1:05.1 | Today we're continuing our updates. |
| 1:06.5 | And as promised, we'll be talking about Caroline Manzo. |
| 1:10.7 | And I know we covered Caroline a while ago, but she has since amended her complaint. |
| 1:15.9 | And now there's a very interesting tie-in to Leah McSweeney, which we will get to. |
| 1:21.2 | And then Bravo responded. |
| 1:23.2 | They're moving to dismiss. |
| 1:24.4 | So I wanted to go through their arguments as well. |
| 1:28.8 | And there's not yet a decision, but I think we can guess how this all come out. Anyway, what's up with you? |
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| 1:41.4 | now and I'm really tired, but it felt so good to go ride after work. |
| 1:45.1 | There's nothing that feels better than being outside after sitting in front of a computer all day |
| 1:50.6 | and staring on it. So it was just very hot today. Yeah, I bet. It was 80 here. So I imagine it's |
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