Selling Sunset’s Bre sued for $12million by former staff over ‘harassment’ and being ‘vulgar’

In 2024, Selling Sunset agent Bre Tiesi was sued by former employees, over her behaviour towards them whilst they worked for her.

In April of that year, it was reported Bre had been accused of being “vulgar and violent”, as well as allegedly harassing staff members, making homophobic comments and causing “emotional distress”. In court documents obtained by Page Six, it was said the three accusers are each asking for $4,250,000 in damages.

The publication reported Bre’s nanny Lucy Poole, social media manager Amanda Bustard and personal assistant and stylist Kenneth Gomez filed a lawsuit against their former boss in a Los Angeles court. At the time, they claimed they had been subjected to “continuous, pervasive, objectively, and subjectively offensive harassment” during their time working for the real estate agent.

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The documents said: “Plaintiffs were harassed, discriminated against, and/or retaliated against on the basis of their sex, gender, and/or sexual orientation, and for having repeatedly reported, and demanded cessation of the harassing, discriminatory and retaliatory conduct.”

In the lawsuit, Bre’s former employees claimed since leaving their jobs they have “suffered severe emotional distress, loss of earnings, and loss of employment benefits, among other things.”

According to the documents, Lucy Poole “suffers a mental disability” and claimed she was called several names, including a “short bus riding b*tch,” a “dodo head” and an “ADHD idiot.” Poole claimed she was treated in a “vulgar and violent” manner “if a task was not performed to [Bre’s] satisfaction” and forced to throw away things in her son’s closet that could “be construed as feminine or girly.”

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Bre was accused of saying to Poole “that her child was not going to grow up to be a fa***t” and the lawsuit claimed this was said with Bre knowing Poole was a member of the LGBTQ community.

Amanda Bustard claimed she was “subjected to inappropriate and violent behaviour” and witnessed Bre “scream” at employees and allegedly threaten them with physical violence. The lawsuit claimed Bre had said things such as “I’m going to kill her” and “I’m going to slam her head against the wall.”

Kenneth Gomez, who is also a member of the LGBTQ community, claimed: “Ms. Tiesi-Moran would repeatedly make derogatory and demeaning comments about members of the LGBTQ community.”

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According to court documents, Bre denies all allegations of wrongdoing in the suit. Her lawyer has argued that she did not allow harassment, and exercised “reasonable care to correct promptly any alleged harassing, discriminatory or retaliatory behaviour.”

Bre’s Selling Sunset co-star Chrishell Stause has been vocal about how the lawsuit has affected their friendship. At the time, she said she had been caught in the middle of the drama between Chelsea and Bre. After season eight, Chelsea and Bre fell out over how Bre relayed information regarding Chelsea’s divorce.

Chrishell said she was “caught in the middle of seeing both sides.” She added: “That being said, there was a lawsuit that came out afterwards and I unfortunately got some insider looks into some of that. I’ll just leave it at that.” After season nine she has spoken out further, and said they are still no longer on speaking terms.

The lawsuit is ongoing.

The Tab reached out to Bre’s management for comment but has not yet received a reply. Selling Sunset is available on Netflix now. For all the latest Netflix news and drops, like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook.