Amid a string of allegations that Bravo has didn’t preserve its forged members secure, Page Six has realized that the community investigated claims that “Vanderpump Rules” star James Kennedy was violent with ladies — a 12 months earlier than his home violence arrest.
Sources inform Page Six that within the fall of 2023 a whistleblower — who’s a manufacturing insider — alerted Evolution Media, the manufacturing firm that makes the present for Bravo, to a laundry record of claims about Kennedy that had both been floating round behind the scenes of the present, been hinted at publicly, and even talked about throughout tapings of the present.
Among them have been claims — which haven’t been independently substantiated by Page Six — that he attacked multiple girl he’d had a sexual relationship with. According to paperwork seen by Page Six, Bravo employed an impartial legal professional to research the claims.
Sources advised us that the whistleblower was horrified when Kennedy appeared on the community’s reside fan conference, BravoCon, with the opposite forged members whereas the investigation was nonetheless below means. They have been notably sickened, we’re advised, that the organizers had him sing a tune “You Can Suddenly Become The Number One Guy In The Group,” (primarily based on a operating joke in regards to the pecking order on the present), and even gave him a goofy award for “Colloquial Excellence.”
It’s unclear how the investigation panned out, as a result of the community fired the present’s total forged in a single fell swoop final month. Kennedy was booked for misdemeanor home violence on December 10 for allegedly attacking girlfriend Ally Lewber.
The information comes after Bravo mentioned that investigations into figurehead Andy Cohen has cleared him of wrongdoing in not less than two issues — “Real Housewives of New York” star Leah McSweeney’s declare (which she made in a lawsuit) that Cohen and different producers deliberately pushed her to fall off the wagon, and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi Glanville’s declare that Cohen sexually harassed her by sending her a video wherein he mentioned he wished her to observe him have intercourse. (Cohen denied wrongdoing in McSweeney’s case, and apologized for the “inappropriate” video in Glanville’s).
“Real Housewives of New Jersey’s” Caroline Manzo has additionally sued Bravo, claiming in her go well with that the community allowed Glanville to sexually abuse her whereas filming. (Glanville denied sexually harassing Manzo).
Bravo didn’t get again to us. A rep for Kennedy didn’t get again to us.
