The Valley's Janet Caperna has sensationally accused her co-star Danny Booko of 'sexual assault,' prompting outrage at her from other cast members.
Her allegation stems from remarks made by Janet's husband Jason Caperna on an episode of the Bravo series that aired in April.
During the April episode, Jason claimed Danny, 41, drunkenly placed his hand on The Bachelor alumna Jasmine Goode's thigh at a Halloween party, telling her: 'Get Daddy a drink,' then 'grabbed' the rear end of Jasmine's friend Melissa Carelli.
On this week's episode of the show, Janet, 39, brought up the alleged incident and told co-star Kristen Doute that Danny 'sexually assaulted Jasmine and Michelle.'
Kristen reacted with horror, saying Janet had descended to a 'new low' and 'crossed a f***ing line' by using the phrase 'sexual assault,' engaging in 'slander' against Danny and 'attempting to ruin someone's life that doesn't deserve it,' via Us Weekly.
Danny who previously apologized to Melissa and Jasmine for behavior Jasmine had described as 'inappropriate,' responded to Janet's comments on the new episode: 'How many times have I owned up for it? You can’t just keep bringing it up like that.'
DailyMail.com has contacted a representative for Danny for comment.
The Valley's Janet Caperna has sensationally accused her co-star Danny Booko of 'sexual assault,' prompting outrage from other cast members
Danny, pictured on his Instagram, responded to Janet's comments on the new episode: 'How many times have I owned up for it? You can’t just keep bringing it up like that.'
His supposed conduct at the Halloween party first came up on the April 29 episode of The Valley, as related by Janet's husband Jason.
'Not too long ago, Jasmine was in a situation where Danny was blackout drunk and was really inappropriate,' claimed Jason on that episode.
'Danny approached Jasmine, put his hand on her thigh and said: "Get Daddy a drink," referring to himself as "Daddy,"' he alleged further.
'And then when she went to go get "Daddy" and some other people a drink as well, he approached Jasmine’s girlfriend Melissa and grabbed her butt.'
Later on, reality TV cameras also captured Jasmine confronting Danny about the party, saying: 'You were inappropriate with me and her.'
Danny expressed contrition when the subject came up, saying to Jasmine: 'That was completely out of my character. I am sorry.'
The topic arose again on this week's episode at the Hawaiian boat party Kristen gave to celebrate her engagement to Luke Roderick.
Kristen and Janet were speaking one-on-one at the fete when the conversation turned to Danny and his wife of a decade Nia Sanchez, who was Miss USA 2014.
The allegation centered on Danny's alleged drunken interactions at a Halloween party with The Bachelor alumna Jasmine Goode (right) and her friend Melissa Carelli (left)
Danny was staunchly defended by his wife of a decade Nia Sanchez (left), who described Janet's remarks as 'absolutely terrible'
Janet asked if she had engaged in an 'attack' on 'Danny and Nia, or I said out loud what Danny did what he did?' adding: 'I said out loud: "Yes, he sexually assaulted Jasmine and Michelle."'
At that point, Kristen extricated herself from the exchange with Janet and went over to Danny and Nia, whom she apprised of what she just heard.
In a confessional, Nia described Janet's outburst as 'absolutely terrible,' arguing that 'I don’t think anyone should be using those words unless it’s the person involved. Janet wasn’t there. It has nothing to do with her.'
Meanwhile Danny, having previously apologized to Jasmine and Michelle, now said: 'How many times have I owned up for it? You can’t just keep bringing it up like that.'
Kristen came down firmly on Danny and Nia's side, accusing Janet of having reached a 'new low' by referring to his purported behavior as 'sexual assault.'
'How dare she say those words about Danny?' Kristen demanded. 'She’s crossed a f***ing line. It’s actual slander. It’s actual defamation. She’s attempting to ruin someone’s life that doesn’t deserve it.'
Janet was initially unrepentant, pointing out that her husband is a lawyer and insisting that her description of events was accurate.
'Unfortunately for Danny, the definition of what he did is sexual assault,' she maintained. 'I’m sorry that he did that but I’m not going to be painted as the bad guy for talking about something that happened. That’s bulls***.'
The topic arose again on this week's episode when Kristen threw a boat party in Hawaii to celebrate her engagement to Luke Roderick; Kristen and Luke are pictured last September
By the time she spoke to Danny and Nia at Kristen's boat party, Janet said: 'I used the definition of what happened that night, and I’m sorry that I had to do that.'
The episode aired one week after Janet made all of her social media accounts private because she had been subjected to a deluge of death threats.
'I'm sick of threats and slurs being normalized because "we signed up for this when we joined reality TV,"' she told DailyMail.com.
'That's sick and not normal and I'm not ever going to pretend it's normal or acceptable to message strangers threats and slurs,' she continued.
'It's sad to me that people go this far, it's definitely the worst part about this "job,"' she explained. 'I'm learning how to put boundaries on social media in place and learning as I go. I support healthy dialogue around reality TV and think some of the best conversations about modern culture stem from shows like ours.'
Janet acknowledged: 'I'm far from perfect, and people are seeing the best and worst of all of us when we put our lives in front of cameras. My hope is people can have fun conversations about reality TV without going as far as some have recently.'
