The Actual Housewives of Potomac drama is heating up quicker than ever! An alleged contract between Stacey Rusch and her former boyfriend, Thomas Anthony “TJ” Jones, has surfaced on-line. The alleged doc suggests the RHOP star agreed to pay the actor half of her wage for his look on the present, fueling long-running rumors concerning the authenticity of their relationship.
The contract’s leak comes amidst ongoing rumors that TJ Jones is getting ready a lawsuit in opposition to Stacey Rusch, claiming she didn’t pay him for showing on season 9 of the Bravo actuality present. In accordance with Actuality Blurb, the supposed contract, which was shared on social media by the account Bravo and Cocktails, is titled “RHOP Contract.”
It reportedly reads: “I, Stacey D Rusch, willingly enter this settlement with Thomas Anthony Jones Jr. as an equal accomplice and solid member of Bravo TV’s Actual Housewives of Potomac (RHOP) produced by Really Unique, LLC, and NBCUniversal Media, LLC. I agree that Thomas Anthony Jones Jr. is entitled to 50% of my whole wage earned as compensation for my look for the 2024 season as a solid member, and every season I seem as a solid member of (RHOP) thereafter.”
The Alleged Contract Between Stacey Rusch And Her Ex
The controversy surrounding Stacey Rusch and the alleged contract first broke on the season 9 reunion, the place TJ alleged that he was underneath contract with the Housewife and that she owed him cash. Stacey vehemently denied the declare. As BOSSIP reported, the problem was then introduced up once more in the course of the season 10 premiere, the place fellow solid members Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby alleged that an unnamed “well-known actress” had proven them authorized paperwork, or “receipts,” that prompt TJ was planning to sue Stacey for “not executing on their season 9 fee settlement” that included “50% of her #RHOP checks.”
Whereas the contract has not been verified, its contents have raised eyebrows in authorized and actuality TV circles. Summer time Home: Martha’s Winery star Preston Mitchum, an lawyer, weighed in on the doc’s look, stating, “As an lawyer, even the appears to be like of this PMO. From the randomly bolded ‘RHOP Contract’ on the prime, to the paragraph spacing, to his signature not being there, to him not being a solid member and due to this fact no contractual relationship with Really/Bravo/NBCU.” Mitchum added, “Even when they entered one, it needs to be written very in another way.”
The leak of the supposed contract instantly supplied ammunition for the opposite housewives. Issues got here to a boil early within the season at Darby’s Bloom Ball when the mom of two accused Stacey of misrepresenting herself to the group. “You’re a full-grown lady who got here into this group and misrepresented your self,” Ashley mentioned as she pointed her finger in Stacey’s face.
Past the monetary accusations, the doc implied that your complete storyline was manufactured, lending credence to claims by Bryant and Darby that the romance was a “purchased boyfriend” plot. Regardless of the messiness and the allegations of a manipulated plot, Rusch has persistently denied the claims. When addressing the allegations, she instructed solely BOSSIP, “To at the present time, I don’t know what they’re speaking about. My job is to reside my life nicely. Apparently, their job is to hate on me.”
