Marciano Brunette is suing The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Demi Engemann after she accused him of sexual assault.
In authorized paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, December 5, Vanderpump Villa star, 32, and his authorized staff claimed Demi, 31, falsely described him as a “sexual predator” – allegations which he claimed has broken his status.
Marciano’s authorized staff alleged by way of the docs that Demi’s feedback that she obtained “undesirable contact” from him whereas filming for Vanderpump Villa in Italy in August 2024 had been unfaithful. He insisted any bodily interplay between them was consensual.
“The reality is easy. Engemann and Marciano met whereas filming in Italy. They flirted. They spoke privately. They shared a consensual kiss. They separated,” the paperwork learn. “After filming, Engemann stayed involved with Marciano for months by calls, FaceTime, texts, invites, and even location sharing. That conduct confirms a continued relationship, not an individual reacting to sexual assault.”
Marciano Brunette provided an replace on his relationship with Hannah Fouch — and issues aren’t trying good. “The present truly helped our relationship quite a bit as a result of we weren’t speaking going into the present in any respect,” Marciano, 31, solely instructed Us Weekly. “Even when Lisa [Vanderpump] had requested about bringing one other lady on and I […]
Describing the sexual misconduct accusations towards the truth star as “false,” Marciano’s authorized staff additional alleged Demi’s claims have precipitated “extreme” harm to Marciano’s status.
“They accuse Marciano of legal sexual conduct he didn’t commit. They had been printed broadly, republished repeatedly, and framed to harden into ‘reality’ within the minds of viewers,” the paperwork continued. “The harm has been quick and extreme, together with misplaced skilled alternatives, harassment by strangers, and lasting hurt to Marciano’s status.”
The lawsuit additionally accused manufacturing of getting “amplified the identical accusations for revenue.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Demi’s representatives for remark.
Demi Engemann. (Photograph by Monica Schipper/Getty Photos)
Throughout a confessional in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ third season, Demi, who’s married to Bret Engemann, insisted that any physicality between her and Marciano was “undesirable.” Marciano beforehand alleged that they kissed.
“Everybody goes to deal with these sorts of conditions totally different. You by no means deserve undesirable contact,” the influencer stated on the time. “It doesn’t matter what it seems to be like, it doesn’t matter what your relationship was like earlier than or after, undesirable contact is undesirable contact.”
Following the episode, Maricano has remained adamant that the claims towards him are unfaithful.
“It’s unlucky to see the whole lot that is happening now, as a result of the whole lot that occurred [on Vanderpump Villa] was consensual,” Maricano claimed on an episode of the “Juicy Scoop” podcast on November 25. “I’ll simply flat-out say that the accusations she’s making towards me are 100% false.”
A number of days previous to the podcast look, he echoed the same sentiment, calling the claims “fully false” by way of a press release to Individuals on November 20.
“I wish to be completely clear: I’m taking this matter extraordinarily significantly,” Marciano stated by way of the assertion. “That is probably the most tough state of affairs I’ve ever confronted, and the allegations towards me usually are not solely fully false however profoundly damaging. I stay dedicated to addressing this difficulty totally and transparently.”
In response, a rep for Demi, 30, instructed E! Information on November 21, “As a lady, it distresses me that what occurred to Demi is being minimized.”
Talking solely to Us Weekly in Could, Demi denied she was untrue to her husband with Marciano in Italy.
“Nothing occurred with Marciano. On the expense of sounding impolite, there wasn’t even a distant attraction to him. It sucks that ladies can’t be sort and pleasant and even playful with males on this world with out it being taken as such as you’re open. I had a rock on my finger the whole time I used to be there,” she solely instructed Us Weekly in Could. “I introduced up my marriage a number of occasions they usually had been instructed that we had been married girls — so it sucks that we couldn’t simply go and have a superb time and that he couldn’t respect that.”
