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Demi Engemann, star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has been sued for calling Vanderpump Villa’s Marciano Brunette a “inappropriate predator.”

Marciano, 32, filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday, December 5, accusing Demi, 31, of making unfaithful feedback about him on social media and on her Hulu actuality sequence. 

The submitting additional claimed that the duo “shared a consensual kiss” when they both appeared on Vanderpump Villa, with the lawsuit saying that “as her storyline” on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives developed, Demi “reframed the obviously consensual interaction as one of inappropriate misconduct and then as inappropriate assault.”

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During the third season of the hit show, Demi accused Marciano of “unwanted touch.” However, the TV persona has denied all the allegations against him.

In a assertion to People, Marciano’s representatives said, “I want to be absolutely clear: I am taking this matter extremely seriously. This is the most difficult situation I have ever faced, and the allegations against me are not only entirely false but profoundly damaging. I remain committed to addressing this issue fully and transparently.”

Marciano additional thanked his supporters for their “love and support during this time,” including, “intimacyual assault is an incredibly serious matter, and I will not hesitate to pursue legal action against anyone who harms me or attempts to damage my name in pursuit of fame or fortune.”

Furthermore, in his lawsuit, the 32-year-old claimed that he and Demi stayed in contact “for months” via “calls, FaceTime, texts, invitations, and even location sharing.” He also acknowledged that he spoke on FaceTime to one of the truth star’s kids, and he has included screenshots of pleasant textual content messages allegedly despatched between the 2 in his submitting.

In one of these supposed messages, Demi allegedly inspired Marciano to “come out and do ketamine,” before saying that she was “saying a prayer for you that any negative energy will leave you and your home and sending all the love and positive vibes your way!!”

As nicely as Demi, Jeff Jenkins Productions, the manufacturing company behind The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has also been named in the lawsuit, as Marciano alleged that it had “reason to believe” the claims by Demi have been false but still aired them on the show anyway.

“It built major storylines around [Demi’s] claims, republished her ‘inappropriate predator’ statements, and aired the allegations in a way designed to maximize impact while cutting Marciano out and denying him any meaningful opportunity to respond,” the submitting alleged, before it claimed, “Production did so despite obvious reasons to doubt [Demi’s] account, including inconsistencies, delay, and facts known to Production that undermined the claims.”

The swimsuit also claimed that the 31-year-old TV star “lied and suggested that Marciano had inappropriately assaulted others,” commenting on Instagram that she was “[a]nxious to see how many other women come forward, I know without a doubt I’m not the first.”

In the grievance, Marciano is searching for unspecified financial damages, as nicely as a “narrowly defined injunction” which might stop Demi and Jeff Jenkins Productions from “repeating and republishing” any statements discovered by the court to be defamatory.

Daily Express US has contacted Marciano Brunette, Demi Engemann, and Hulu for remark.