Andy Cohen deployed army of ‘Housewives’ to unleash ‘coordinated attack’ to cast Leah McSweeney ‘as a liar’ after coke, booze allegations: lawsuit

   

Andy Cohen used the media to unleash a “coordinated attack” to smear Leah McSweeney after she made damning claims about him and his “Real Housewives” shows, she claims in a new court filings.

In 2024, the “Real Housewives of New York City” star claimed in a lawsuit that show boss Cohen had snorted cocaine with other cast members, and that producers pressured her to fall off the wagon.

Now she claims in the court papers that he abused his power to “direct or induce” an army of Bravo stars to “claim that McSweeney is a liar” in the press.

Leah McSweeney

Leah McSweeney appeared in court in November as part of her lawsuit against Bravo.

Andy Cohen

McSweeney is suing “Real Housewives” boss Andy Cohen, claiming that they tried to get her to fall off the wagon to boost TV ratings.

The papers filed in New York Supreme Court late Wednesday night claim that “in direct response” to McSweeney’s filing her suit, Cohen “either directly requested or induced current and former ‘Real Housewives’ cast members” to “publicly disparage McSweeney’s character, and propensity for  truthfulness, to curry favor with Cohen in the hopes that such favor would propel their entertainment careers.”

The mentions more than 20 cast members by name — including Luann de Lesseps, Kyle Richards, Melissa Gorga, Kandi Burruss and Dorinda Medley — who it claims were coaxed to slam McSweeney’s claims in the media, including on TMZ, Page Six and various podcasts and TV shows.

It specifically alleges that ubiquitous Bravolebriy Lisa Vanderpump appeared on “The Talk” and said “I’m on [Cohen’s] side,” that Heather Dubrow of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” implied on her podcast that McSweeney should be “thanking” Bravo rather than suing Bravo because she is “making money and thriving because of this  platform,” and said that she was “irritated” by her lawsuit, and that Margeret Josephs of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” told Page Six that McSweeney’s claims are “[intended to do] nothing but to assassinate [Cohen’s] character and that is disgusting.”

Lisa Vanderpump

Now McSweeney claims in court papers that Bravo stars including Lisa Vanderpump were “induced” or “directed” to smear her.

In each case the suit claims that the star “would not have made [the] statement but for Cohen’s direction and/or inducement.”

The new filing is intended to bolster McSweeney’s argument that the defendents retaliated against her for filing her lawsuit.

In May 2024, Bravo and the other defendants filed a motion to dismiss her suit, and a judge heard oral arguments in the matter in November. In March, the judge dimissed parts of the suit, allowed her to proceed with other claims and asked for more evidence on some others, including the retaliation claim.

Heather Dubrow

McSweeney also says in legal papers that Heather Dubrow was coaxed into a “coordinated attack” on her after she filed her suit.

In Wednesday’s court papers, McSweeney also attempted to shore up her claims Cohen has done cocaine with some cast members, and that he has given preferential treatment to those stars.

After McSweeney made the claims in her lawsuit, Cohen demanded in an unusual move that she retract the claims or be sued for defamation.

The new court papers claim that this move was also retaliation against McSweeney, and they note that not only have two unnamed cast members privately told her that he uses cocaine, but that former cast member Nene Leakes has called him a “cocaine head,” that former cast member Danielle Staub has said he does “drugs,” and that former Cohen pal Kathy Griffin has claimed that Cohen offered her cocaine.

Andy Cohen and Leah McSweeney

McSweeney appeared on several seasons of “The Real Housewives of New York” and a season of “Ultimate Girls Trip.”

Cohen has strenuously denies all wrongdoing.

Gary Adelman, a lawyer for McSweeney, told Page Six the new filing “buttresses [her] retaliation claim” and that “Leah looks forward to discovery and depositions which she expects will be very revealing.”

Reps for Bravo and Cohen didn’t immediately get back to us.

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