Deborah Williams Files Counter Suit Claim Against Keiarna Stewart

Deborah Williams has filed a countersuit in opposition to Keiarna Stewart, a month after Stewart filed a $10 million lawsuit accusing Williams of assault and battery following their heated Sesame Avenue skirmish after the conclusion of #RHOP season 8. 

Courtroom paperwork obtained by TV Deets revealed Williams’ response, the place she refuted all allegations from Stewart’s swimsuit. Williams claimed Stewart was really the aggressor throughout their bodily confrontation on the joint clothes line launch of RHOP stars Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby in July 2023 at a venue in Washington, D.C.

Williams, a (now former) good friend of Darby, alleged that tensions escalated after co-star Candice Dillard Bassett started “identify calling” and verbally attacking her. Williams alleged that after she exchanged phrases with the housewife, Bassett picked up a bottle as if she was going to hurl it in her path. Stewart allegedly joined in on the housewife’s “threatening” conduct and commenced bodily assaulting her, in the end, punching her within the face. 

TV Deets stories that Williams suspects that the altercation was “orchestrated,” citing her unfamiliarity with Stewart previous to the incident and former pressure with Bassett because the housewife had as soon as accused of her flirting together with her husband, Chris Bassett. Moreover, in keeping with Williams’ lawsuit, Bravo producers conveniently ceased filming through the struggle. Nevertheless, somebody on the occasion appeared to know exactly when to begin recording on their smartphone to seize the brawl, which additional reinforces Williams’ perception that the confrontation might have been premeditated.

“It’s apparent that Counter-Defendant Ms. Keiarna Stewart craves fame. She craves consideration. A lot in order that she is keen to do absolutely anything to have her identify broadcast on tv and throughout social media,” the lawsuit acknowledged. “This consists of instigating a struggle, having that struggle recorded,  then sending the video of the struggle to TMZ for it to be seen on TV everywhere in the world.”

Right here’s What Williams Is Wanting For In Phrases Of Damages

Whereas Stewart is requesting $10 million, Williams is in search of $3 million in compensatory damages, together with punitive damages, curiosity, and prices associated to Depend 1, which alleges assault and battery. For Depend 2, intentional infliction of emotional misery, she is pursuing a judgment totaling $3 million, plus charges. Moreover, Williams is in search of $1 million in damages and prices for defamation, bringing the overall quantity sought to roughly $7 million.

As beforehand reported, in late June, Stewart filed a $10 million lawsuit in opposition to Williams, alleging assault and battery. In line with TV Deets, Stewart initiated authorized motion in D.C. courtroom, claiming Williams was answerable for their chaotic struggle caught on digital camera.

A police report, detailed by TMZ, included accounts from Bassett claiming a drink was thrown at her, whereas Stewart acknowledged she was struck within the brow with a glass through the bodily altercation. The footage from the incident, as reported by the publication, confirmed Bassett choosing up a bottle earlier than Stewart reacted to the drink being thrown. Subsequently, what seems to be a glass object is seen hitting her earlier than Stewart, directs a sequence of punches in the direction of Williams. The altercation concluded when one among Williams’s pals pulled Stewart down and safety intervened through the RHOP struggle.

Wow, it is a lot! Who do you assume is within the mistaken right here?