Caroline Manzo claims Brandi Glanville ‘violently groped’ her during alleged sexual assault on ‘RHUGT’: court documents

Manzo sued Bravo and its affiliates in January 2024 over allegations of sexual assault – a year after PEOPLE first reported that she and Glanville were leaving “RHUGT” early

Caroline Manzo has detailed her allegations of sexual assault against Brandi Glanville following events she says took place during filming The ultimate girls trip from The Real Housewives.

In a signed affidavit filed in connection with her lawsuit against Bravo in January 2024 and obtained by PEOPLE, the Real Housewives of New Jersey The 62-year-old alum claimed Glanville, 51, “forcibly groped my vagina” during her time on the spinoff show while Bravo producers were complacent and filmed the alleged assault. When Bravo investigated the incident, Glanville denied any wrongdoing.

“As Glanville sexually assaulted me on the couch, she rubbed her vagina on me,” Manzo claimed in the affidavit. “The producers just watched and kept filming. They saw that I was in distress, and yet they kept filming.”

The reality star claimed that producers “did not separate Glanville from me” but “continued to give her alcohol” and “allowed” her to follow Manzo into the bathroom, where she was allegedly assaulted a second time, according to the affidavit.

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“As I attempted to escape from the bathroom, Glanville threw me against the bathroom door, striking my head, and locked me in the bathroom where she forcibly fondled my vagina against my will,” she alleged in the document, claiming producers “saw me attempting to escape but did not assist.”

“My understanding is that one of the producers tried to open the door to get in because he knew I was being sexually assaulted,” she claimed. “The producers obviously saw me trying to escape from the bathroom, and yet they allowed Glanville to slam my head against the door, lock me in the bathroom and harass me.”

Manzo stated in the affidavit that she believed Glanville “maliciously sexually assaulted me for her own sexual gratification” by “forcibly kissing me, rubbing her vagina against me, and then fondling my vagina against my will.”

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Back in New York City, the Manzo with children The star claimed in the doc that she asked producers not to mention the incidents while filming her “pickup” interviews. After sharing that she suffered from “anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress,” Manzo claimed producers made her “relive the sexual assault” with the intention of “injecting more ‘drama’ into the interview for their own ratings and profit.”

“They knew I was against the sexual assault and they retaliated against me by causing me even more emotional harm to create controversy,” she alleged in the affidavit.

A spokesperson for Bravo, Peacock and NBC Universal had no comment. Representatives for Glanville, Shed Media, Forest Productions, Warner Bros and Manzo’s attorney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Related: Caroline Manzo breaks her silence on her early exit from “RHUGT”: “I came back with the highest hopes”

In January 2023, PEOPLE was the first to report that Glanville and Manzo would be leaving RHUGT early after Glanville allegedly kissed her several times during the evening without her consent.

A year later, Manzo filed a lawsuit against Bravo and its subsidiaries – specifically Forest Productions, Warner Bros. Entertainment, NBCUniversal Media, Shed Media and Peacock TV – alleging that they “regularly ply the cast of The Real Housewives with alcohol, induce them to a state of severe intoxication and then instruct, encourage and/or allow them to sexually harass other cast members because it is good for ratings.”

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In February 2023, representatives from Peacock and Shed Media issued a joint statement to PEOPLE.

“The safety of the cast and crew during filming is of utmost importance and we take all reports seriously,” it says. “In this situation, production immediately initiated a comprehensive review and is taking appropriate action.”

During the investigation into the incident, Glanville was missing The traitors reunion of the first season and made a statement to PEOPLE.

“Brandi wanted nothing more than to be there The traitors “Reunion,” a spokesperson for Glanville told PEOPLE in February 2023. “It was one of Brandi’s favorite projects.”

“Brandi was forbidden from telling her side of the story and people heard only unproven versions instead,” the spokesperson added. “Brandi maintains her innocence and vehemently denies any wrongdoing.”

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