5 days ago
Whatever other you want to opportunity astir Leah McSweeney, it can’t beryllium denied that the Real Housewives of New York alum is decidedly persistent erstwhile it comes to her inebriation and manipulation suit against reality kingpin Andy Cohen, Bravo and its genitor institution NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Hoping to conflict disconnected a dismissal mobility from Cohen and nan different defendants connected McSweeney’s 2nd amended complaint, nan Chaos Theory author and her attorneys are now claiming they’ve unveiled nan mastermind down a expansive and coordinated smear run against her — and they are naming names.
One sanction successful particular.
“Additional applicable facts concerning Defendants’ alleged retaliatory media run and Plaintiff’s resulting master harm person continued to look moreover aft filing of nan SAC,” exclaims the May 26 revenge memorandum of rule successful opposition. “Specifically, Plaintiff has obtained further accusation concerning nan alleged coordination of nan nationalist statements by Bravo-affiliated personalities alleged successful nan SAC, and related public-relations efforts involving Defendant Cohen’s publicist, Jennifer Geisser, who holds a high-level executive domiciled astatine Defendant NBC.”
Based retired of NYC, Geisser is not CAA-repped Andy Cohen’s individual flack.
However, Geisser is nan Executive Vice President, Communications & Talent Relations Unscripted for NBCU. In that role, she handles property and much for a batch of nan profitable projects the Watch What Happens Live host and Real Housewives franchise main is progressive successful astatine Bravo.
And that’s nan point, McSweeny and her squad are trying to make to prevention her already overmuch trimmed down initial filing of February 2024.
In fact, nan tossing of Geisser’s sanction against nan wall of Judge Lewis Liman’s national docket harks backmost to allegations McSweeney made past twelvemonth that different Real Housewives were weaponized to return swipes astatine her and take sides Cohen.
After Comcast-owned NBCU and WBD slammed recovering addict McSweeney’s suit of cocaine and booze maltreatment and “toxic workplace” claims successful May 2024 arsenic “threadbare,” an already individual conflict seemed to get a batch much personal.
McSweeney’s retaliation declare survived, but nan manner designer did spot portions of her lawsuit tossed retired successful March 2025.
With nan matter starting to flatline, McSweeney and her Adelman Matz attorneys went backmost connected nan offense. In May 2025, McSweeney abruptly said nan likes of RH cast members Heather Dubrow, Kyle Richards, Melissa Gorga, Kandi Burruss, Lisa Vanderpump, Heather Dubrow, and Dorinda Medley had emerged on TV, online and successful print to “claim that McSweeney is simply a liar.” There was nary mention of Geisser successful nan May 2025 filing, but McSweeney did insist Cohen made astir 2 twelve Bravo stars “publicly disparage McSweeney’s character, and propensity for truthfulness, to curry favour pinch Cohen successful nan hopes that specified favour would propel their entertainment careers.”
As it is, pinch ups, downs and play worthy of 1 of nan amended Real Housewives seasons, McSweeney and NBCU, Cohen (who has been accused of utilizing and/or supplying coke by others successful nan past) and nan Paramount acquired WBD are connected way for trial.
Whether that happens aliases not depends if Cohen and nan firm giants are successful successful their latest effort to get this lawsuit killed, which is up to Judge Liman. The judge, who presided complete nan over-but-not-over uber-messy Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni dust-up and its ain accusations of a smear campaign, could besides promote McSweeney and NBCU, Cohen and WBD to settee — arsenic he did pinch nan warring It Ends With Us stars.
To that, pinch Geisser employer NBCU declining to remark connected nan ongoing litigation (as they should), McSweeney and her advisors could beryllium aiming for Comcast to want to trim their losses and ineligible risks and constitute her a large fat cheque to spell away. Having taken a batch of unscripted shrapnel nan past mates of years complete allegations of what goes to make nan Reality TV sausage connected Bravo, Comcast are not inclined correct now to bargain their measurement retired of McSweeney’s accusations, sources adjacent to nan business show me.
Which means, pinch Cohen, NBCU and WBD and nan different defendants having astir 30 days to respond to McSweeney’s memo of guidance to their dismissal motion, there’s a RHONY reunion successful nan making, astatine slightest connected insubstantial — but it whitethorn beryllium much terrible than sloppy.
