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Marciano Brunette is suing Demi Engemann after she accused him of sexual assault.
He’s additionally boasting on social media about “getting even.”
The Vanderpump Villa character’s lawsuit in opposition to the The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star accuses her of mendacity about what he claims was a consensual relationship.
She’s not the one goal of his lawsuit. However is his put up about revenge placing the best tone?
On ‘Vanderpump Villa,’ Marciano Brunette’s plans to impress his boss didn’t go as deliberate. (Picture Credit score: Hulu)
Marciano Brunette is suing Demi Engemann
This week, Marciano Brunette took an obvious dig at Demi Engemann with out saying her title.
He shared an Instagram Reel, enjoying current Dr. Phil audio whereas lipsyncing to it.
“So you believe in getting even? Hell to the yeah,” the voiceover states.
Once more, he didn’t instantly check with Demi in the course of the put up.
However, in context, it definitely appears like he’s referring to the lawsuit that he simply filed.
Marciano’s put up emerged simply in the future after TMZ reported on his lawsuit in opposition to Demi.
The submitting accuses the The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star of defamation.
He additionally alleges that the Hulu sequence itself has broken his popularity by calling him a “sexual predator” and accusing him of sexual assault, each of which he denies.
Relatedly, Marciano is suing SLOMW producer Jeff Jenkins for damages.
He accuses the present of solely exhibiting Demi’s aspect of the story (as a result of she is a part of the forged), and of amplifying her allegations on the expense of his popularity.
Talking right into a microphone on YouTube, Demi Engemann discusses tattoo targets regarding her husband. (Picture Credit score: YouTube/Mark McCormack)
Their accounts of occasions don’t match up with one another
As The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives viewers are properly conscious, Demi Engemann spoke all through Season 3 about her sexual assault allegations in opposition to Marciano Brunette.
In August of 2024, they had been each filming Vanderpump Villa in Italy.
Marciano claims that he and Demi merely shared a kiss off-camera, which he says was consensual.
He says that Demi has deliberately mischaracterized this as sexual misconduct.
Her motive, he alleges, was to present herself a SLOWM storyline.
Demi Engemann speaks about her targets for ketamine remedies. (Picture Credit score: YouTube/NuLife Medical)
When it comes to proof, Marciano claims that he possesses textual content messages from Demi following their filming in Italy.
That stated, he says that their ongoing communication ought to debunk her allegations of sexual assault.
“That behavior confirms a continued relationship, not a person reacting to sexual assault,” Marciano argues within the submitting.
He additionally alleges that the allegations have harmed his profession.
Marciano claims that he was going to look on Good Match, solely to seek out out that casting was going “in a different direction.”
What’s going to the courtroom determine?
“Everything that happened in Vanderpump Villa was so consensual, she was so for it,” Marciano Brunette claimed of Demi Engemann on the Boyfriend Materials podcast.
“All of the flirtatiousness was mainly on her part and I was just feeding into it,” he alleged.
Marciano has additionally claimed that Demi has modified her story, and implied that Demi’s marriage is a motive in what he calls false allegations.
We have no idea how this courtroom battle will finish. Solely time will inform, although maybe we’ll all see the proof that comes out in courtroom.
Within the meantime … we aren’t Marciano’s lawyer. If we had been, we’d most likely strongly advise that he not put up about “getting even” or try to litigate his case on podcasts.
