Brandi Glanville’s Lawyers Call for Andy Cohen’s Firing, Criticize ‘False Apology’

Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star Brandi Glanville and her legal team are calling for Andy Cohen’s removal from Bravo.

Attorneys Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos, who represent Glanville in a dispute alleging that Cohen sexually harassed her in 2022, issued a statement Friday criticizing the real housewives executive producer and questioning why he still works at the NBC-owned network.

“Any boss who is clearly intoxicated and encourages his employee via live video to watch him have sex with another employee constitutes sexual harassment, plain and simple, under any definition, even one invented by NBC,” said Freedman and Geragos. “Why is Andy Cohen getting a pass? Any other Comcast/NBC supervisor who behaved this way would be fired immediately.”

NCBUniversal declined to comment. EW also reached out to representatives for Cohen for comment.

Freedman and Geragos’ statement came a day after they sent a letter to NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. and Shed Media accusing Cohen, 55, of sending Glanville, 51, an inappropriate video two years ago. “In a video sent by Mr. Cohen to Ms. Glanville in 2022, Mr. Cohen, who appeared obviously intoxicated, bragged about his intention to sleep with another Bravo star that night while thinking about her and invited her to see him via Facetime,” the letter said, according to people.

Soon after, Cohen apologized on social mediawriting, “The video shows Kate Chastain and I very clearly joking around with Brandi. It was absolutely in jest, and Brandi’s response clearly communicated that she was in on the prank. That being said, it was totally inappropriate and I apologize.” .

Representatives of Chastain, a television personality known for her work on the Bravo series. Below deckdid not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.

In their statement Friday, Glanville’s lawyers criticized Cohen’s response as a “phony apology.” They added: “It’s no excuse to say this was a joke. NBC has mistakenly given Andy too much power on their network. He’s a man who hosts rallies in various franchise cities, produces and stars in his own show to promote these vehicles. , hosts a gigantic conference that monetizes the ‘bravosphere’ on the backs of women and is the kingpin running this reality machine. NBC has clearly decided it’s too big to fail.”

Freedman and Geragos compared the incident to another controversy at the company, which is a subsidiary of Brian Roberts’ Comcast. “NBC has learned nothing from the NBC NEWS cover-up,” they said. “Like Matt Lauer, Andy Cohen is now part of the cover-up. NBC continues to protect those in power. Brian Roberts, it’s time to step in like you did with Andy Lack and Jeff Shell, and stop the cover-up and do the right thing.” The right thing. Your legacy and your decency demand it.”

EW has reached out to a Comcast spokesperson for comment.

Glanville’s time with the real housewives franchise, which includes seasons in RHOBH and The Ultimate Real Housewives Girls’ Trip, has not been without controversy. Last month, ex Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Caroline Manzo sued Bravo and its affiliated companies over an alleged incident of sexual misconduct involving Glanville on Ultimate girls trip. Glanville, who is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, has denied any wrongdoing.

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