‘Beneath Deck’s Gary King, Bravo & NBCU Sued For Sexual Battery, Hostile Office

Two Beneath Deck: Crusing Yacht crew members are suing Gary King, NBCUniversal, Bravo, Endemol Shine, and producers of the superyacht actuality TV sequence for sexual battery, a hostile work atmosphere, retaliation and failure to stop discrimination.

Within the newest self-declared “Actuality Reckoning” submitting from attorneys Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos, hair and make-up artist Samantha Suarez and digicam operator Gray Duddleston declare they have been canned from Season 4 of the 51 Minds produced sequence and allegedly placed on a “don’t rent” listing.

The profession devastating profession fallout got here after a violent July 23, 2022 assault in Sardinia by a seemingly drunken King that Suarez feared may have escalated to rape. “Suarez instantly reported the terrifying incident to 51 Minds, which opened up an investigation,” the 16-claimed submitting in LA Superior Court docket says of the assault by the SailingYacht First Officer. “When manufacturing spoke to King, he admitted what he had executed. He was not fired, nevertheless. As a substitute, King was warned that he could be fired if one thing like that have been to occur once more.”

“Unsurprisingly, King engaged in additional misconduct. Duddleston, Suarez’s then boyfriend, witnessed King untie the bikini tops of two feminine forged members with out their consent, make lewd remarks to a feminine audio technician, and seize the genitals of two male digicam operators, the jury trial searching for go well with provides. “Duddleston reported these incidents, per customary working process, over the crew walkie-talkie system. Quite than terminate King, 51 Minds (alongside the studio, NBC) opened an investigation into Duddleston for inappropriate use of the walkie-talkie system.”

A variety of this primary emerged again in 2023 in a Rolling Stone (full disclosure Rolling Stone and Deadline are each owned by PMC) piece on NBCU and producers protecting up King’s misconduct. Tuesday, neither NBCU or Bravo responded to request for touch upon Suarez and Duddleston’s multi-damages searching for motion.

With firm waivers, psychologists, and “merciless and unjust” misconduct by Beneath Deck franchise fav King, the submitting asserts “Suarez and Duddleston are knowledgeable and imagine, and primarily based thereon allege, that 51 Minds had truly determined to terminate King after the conclusion of Season 4 however have been overruled by NBC, which didn’t wish to sacrifice its money cow for the sake of two crew members.”

Season 5 of Beneath Deck: Crusing Yacht concluded on January 27. Bravo hasn’t introduced a Season 6 but.