NeNe Leakes Alleges Discrimination In Lawsuit Against Bravo TV

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Talk about too hot for TV: Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes recently filed a formal complaint against the show and Executive Producer Andy Cohen.

According to documents, which were filed on April 20, 2022, Leakes names NBCUniversal and production companies True Entertainment and Truly Original as defendants.

NeNe Leakes Alleges Systemic Racism In Lawsuit

A lot of the allegations go back to the initial seasons when Kim Zolciak-Biermann was a cast member on the show.

“From the day the series began filming, NeNe was the target of systemic racism from co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann, which was tolerated by Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen and other executives,” Leakes’ attorney David deRubertis said in a written statement.

“The goals are to stop discriminating against black women,” Leakes told a TMZ reporter. “That’s the goal.”

Leakes said that she wanted to file the lawsuit a few years ago, but that she felt retaliated against.

Fam, we don’t know how this one is going to end up, but we know that Leakes has support from many of her friends.

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