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Real Housewives of New York alum Leah McSweeney accuses Bravo of colluding with Ramona Singer to expose her bipolar disorder
Leah McSweeney is content burning every bridge she has in the Bravoverse amid her personal “reality reckoning” against Bravo, Andy Cohen, NBC Universal, and Shed Media.
On top alleging that Bravo’s figurehead, Andy Cohen, snorts cocaine with his favorite Bravolebs, the Real Housewives of New York alum is also hurling allegations against her former co-star Ramona Singer.
In her lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, Leah McSweeney, Bravo producers “colluded” with Ramona Singer to “out” her bipolar diagnosis and “falsely” spread rumors “abused” her medication by mixing it with alcohol.
In court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Leah claimed the incident caused her extreme anxiety and depression which caused her to be institutionalized in a psychiatric facility. The former Bravo star used the ordeal with Ramona to back up her claims of a hostile work environment on RHONY that ultimately led to her being institutionalized for mental health treatment.
According to the 41-year-old, “Upon information and belief, Defendants colluded with fellow RHONY cast member, Ramona Singer (‘Singer’), to ‘out’ Ms. McSweeney’s confidential bipolar disorder diagnosis before Ms. McSweeney disclosed it publicly.”
She also claimed that Ramona “maliciously rumored to other cast members that Ms. McSweeney suffered from bipolar disorder,” as part of the producer’s alleged “plan.”
“Singer stated that Ms. McSweeney’s behavior while drinking could be attributed to both Ms. McSweeney’s bipolar diagnosis and falsely posited that Ms. McSweeney abused her bipolar prescription medication by combining that prescription with alcohol,” the lawsuit read.
Leah McSweeney then alleged that after she complained about Ramona “outing” her bipolar diagnosis, producers “shamed” and “gaslit” her, which ultimately “caused her to suffer extreme anxiety and depression, thereby exacerbating her disclosed mental health disabilities.”
It’s unclear when the Real Housewives of New York will return for season 15 or when filming will begin. RHONY Legacy is currently airing on Peacock.
