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LOS ANGELES—Still months away from airing, Ryan Seacrest’s latest foray into reality television has landed him in some legal hot water, according to several media outlets.
Mr. Seacrest, his production company and the Bravo TV network are being sued for allegedly duping a woman into playing a “bad girl” role on an episode of “Shahs of Sunset,” a reality series about young, affluent Persian-Americans living in Los Angeles, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Kathy Salem alleges she signed a waiver before entering a Hollywood party in July with the understanding that the show—billed as a “Persian Jersey Shore”—would be filming inside, reports indicated. However, she alleges she was not informed of the context in which she would be portrayed.
While inside the party, Ms. Salem alleges she was bullied and verbally assaulted by several of the show’s stars after she struck up a conversation with a man who was apparently engaged, reports said. During the confrontation, she alleges that at least one of the program’s stars tried to tear her top off and that a second woman threw a cup of water in her face.
Ms. Salem has asked Mr. Seacrest to cut the footage from the final edit of the episode, alleging she was “humiliated” and “forced against her will” to play a role to which she hadn’t agreed. Ms. Salem also is seeking at least $100,000 in damages, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
An Illinois man says that Houston-based Southwest Airlines Co. stiffed him for 45 in-flight cocktails after the airline changed how it would honor its vouchers for free alcoholic drinks.