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Miami actual property mogul Todd Nepola ex-husband of Actual Housewives of Miami star Alexia Nepola—is suing Bravo, NBCUniversal, and Purveyors of Pop Productions for $11 million, accusing them of defamation and unauthorized use of his identify and likeness.
Filed within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of Florida on October 7, 2025, the verified grievance alleges that the producers of RHOM deliberately distorted and manipulated actuality to falsely painting Nepola as being in monetary misery—regardless of his standing as a well-established multimillionaire actual property investor.
“Mr. Nepola needed to be Alexia’s husband, not her storyline,” the grievance states bluntly. “Sufficient is sufficient.”
In keeping with the lawsuit, Todd Nepola by no means agreed to be a part of the Bravo circus—and definitely didn’t join character assassination.
His authorized workforce, led by Scott J. Weiselberg of Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert, claims the present’s producers crossed an moral (and authorized) line:
“Bravo and its producers fabricated and amplified false storylines suggesting he was going through monetary hardship.”
All this, they allege, was executed with out Nepola’s consent, and with no concern for the reputational harm it’d trigger. His identify and picture have been reportedly used repeatedly all through RHOM Seasons 6 and seven, in methods he by no means approved—and in contexts that have been, in line with the swimsuit, “knowingly false.”
Nepola is searching for $10 million for defamation and $1 million for unauthorized use of identify and likeness. However he’s additionally going additional—demanding injunctive aid to dam Bravo and NBCUniversal from persevering with to revenue off his picture, storyline, or any future rebroadcasts involving him.
The lawsuit locations Nepola’s claims inside the rising motion dubbed the “Actuality Reckoning”—a groundswell of criticism from former actuality TV solid and crew members who’re exposing poisonous manufacturing practices, coercive contracts, and the psychological well being toll of life on digicam.
Whereas followers love the drama, an increasing number of insiders are saying the associated fee behind the scenes is just too excessive.
This lawsuit, the grievance argues, is not only about Nepola—it’s about holding producers accountable for the harm induced when “actuality” is something however:
“This conduct is a component of a bigger sample of exploitative manufacturing practices inside the actuality tv business.”
Bravo has but to publicly reply to the swimsuit, however the timing couldn’t be worse for the community, which is already going through rising scrutiny over the way it handles solid members’ psychological well being, compensation, and consent.
If Nepola’s lawsuit positive factors traction—and even simply media warmth—it may put Actual Housewives of Miami and its community underneath a microscope simply as one other season will get underway.
Within the meantime, one factor is obvious:
The true drama is taking part in out in federal court docket—and this time, the cameras aren’t in management.
