There is a few main drama taking place off-camera between two members of the Real Housewives of Potomac forged!
For those that don’t know, Candiace Dillard Bassett has had a rocky relationship with each Michael Darby and his estranged spouse, Ashley Darby, through the years — and has by no means held again every time moving into it with them! But Candiace went too far throughout Season 7 of the Bravo sequence, in keeping with Michael! And now he’s suing her for defamation over allegations she made on the present!
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The second in query went down throughout a November 2022 episode of RHOP when the 36-year-old actuality star obtained right into a heated argument (but once more) with Ashley, this time about her husband, Chris Bassett, allegedly being very flirty with different castmates and the 34-year-old’s good friend. When Ashley claimed that Chris was sliding into different individuals’s DMs, Candiace determined to drop a surprising allegation about Michael in response. She mentioned:
“Ashley, your husband likes to leave you and go to a man named [censored]’s house and suck his d**k.”
While Candiace by no means revealed the supposed different man’s identification, she went on to say that Michael additionally paid for intercourse. The former pageant queen defined throughout a confessional that she “was not supposed to talk about this person, but he says Michael Darby is a client of his.” Ch-ch-check out the jaw-dropping argument(under):
Whoa!
Now, Michael is firing again on the accusations — not on actuality TV, in real-life courtroom! According to authorized paperwork obtained by TMZ on Thursday, the 77-year-old filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Candiace over the claims she made about him giving oral intercourse to a person.
Michael claims he despatched her a stop and desist earlier this 12 months about her feedback. However, Candiace has not taken again any of her statements from the present since then — leaving him to pursue authorized motion. And he’s not messing round proper now! The outlet reported that he’s in search of a whopping $2 million in damages. Damn! We wouldn’t be shocked if among the Housewives cease and assume earlier than they drop any extra claims on the present shifting ahead, relying on what occurs with this courtroom case…
Candiace has not responded to the lawsuit but, however one thing tells us this authorized battle is about to get messy! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback under!
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