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NBCUniversal Threatened With Reality TV Exploitation Suit – Deadline

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August 4, 2023
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In Hollywood’s current labor climate, Bethenny Frankel’s desire for a reality TV stars union may seem like a sideshow. However, as NBCUniversal learned this week, the Real Housewives vet and her lawyers want to put the matter centerstage.

“Please be advised that the day of reckoning has arrived,” exclaims a letter sent on August 3 to NBCU top in-house lawyer Kimberley Harris from attorney Bryan Freedman in conjunction with Mark Geragos (read it here).

Advising the Comcast EVP and NBCU General Counsel that they want virtually every piece of paper and gigabit the company has ever had about reality TV shows like the Real Housewives franchise, the lawyers state that “while our investigation is still ongoing, we have reason to believe that cast members and crewmembers on NBC reality TV shows have been subjected to disturbing mistreatment by NBCUniversal and/or its employees, contractors, and third-party affiliates.”

Building off Frankel’s union aims, the list of such mistreatment that Freedman lays out is both specific and wide-ranging – – a.k.a. perfect for a future lawsuit.

A warning shot that probably has already caused shrapnel, the bullet points NBCU and Bravo are facing here include:

Deliberate attempts to manufacture mental instability by plying cast members with alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep.

Denying mental health treatment to cast members displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration.

Exploiting minors for uncompensated and sometimes long-term appearances on NBC reality TV shows.

Distributing and/or condoning the distribution of nonconsensual pornography.

Covering up acts of sexual violence.

Refusing to allow cast members the freedom to leave their shows, even under dire circumstances.

And if you didn’t pick up what Frankel’s legal team are putting down, they make sure to reiterated it in the data retention correspondence:

On innumerable occasions, which we will further detail in due course, NBC has exceeded the moral and legal limits permissible in a civilized society governed by the rule of law. Undoubtedly, when fully apprised, the legal system—and the public—will agree. It goes without saying that the foregoing misconduct by NBCUniversal and/or its employees, contractors, and affiliates exposes NBCUniversal to significant legal liability for, among many other things, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, distribution of revenge porn, and false imprisonment.

Looking at the event horizon, these accusations, which we’ve all heard before in one way or another in relation to unscripted TV (Can you say, The Bachelor?), could send a chill through the industry. Also, even as WGA brass and the AMPTP sit down Friday for a meeting about maybe more meetings, reality TV more than ever is the jewel in the Comcast-owned company’s linear networks and streaming crown amidst the on-going strike by the scribes and SAG-AFTRA

Unsurprisingly, given that and having been up against Freedman over Gabrielle Union’s less than stellar experience on America’s Got Talent a few years back, NBCU did not return request for comment today on the letter and demands to Harris. If or when they do, we will update this post.



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