‘Below Deck’s Gary King, NBCUniversal & Bravo Hit With Sexual Battery, Retaliation & Hostile Work Environment Suit

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Two Below Deck: Sailing Yacht crew members are suing Gary King, NBCUniversal, Bravo, Endemol Shine, and producers of the superyacht reality TV series for sexual battery, a hostile work environment, retaliation and failure to prevent discrimination.

In the latest self-declared “Reality Reckoning” filing from lawyers Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos, hair and makeup artist Samantha Suarez and camera operator Grey Duddleston claim they were canned from Season 4 of the 51 Minds produced series and allegedly put on a “do not hire” list.

The career devastating career fallout came after a violent July 23, 2022 assault in Sardinia by a seemingly drunken King that Suarez feared could have escalated to rape. “Suarez immediately reported the terrifying incident to 51 Minds, which opened up an investigation,” the 16-claimed filing in LA Superior Court says of the attack by the SailingYacht First Officer. “When production spoke to King, he admitted what he had done.

He was not fired, however. Instead, King was warned that he would be fired if something like that were to happen again.” “Unsurprisingly, King engaged in further misconduct.