Shannon Beador says Alexis Bellino may be behind her ex John Janssen’s decision to sue her for $75,000.
The “Actual Housewives of Orange County” star opened up on SiriusXM’s “Jeff Lewis Reside” on Monday about the five-figure lawsuit she’s facing over money Janssen allegedly lent her for a facelift and finding out that Bellino is linked to him.
“Well, I had two lawsuits. They both had Bellino close by,” she said. “Fascinating, isn’t it? A little.”
In 2019, Beador was awarded $138,000 in Bellino’s then-husband Jim Bellino’s defamation lawsuit against her, after she was initially dismissed from the $1 million defamation lawsuit against her and her co-star Tamra Select.
Beador, 60, wouldn’t say for sure whether he thought Alexis inspired Janssen to file the lawsuit, but acknowledged it was “very coincidental.”
“I don’t know if she had anything to do with it or not,” Beador added. “Actually, I do not know.”
A representative for Bellino did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
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The Bravolebrity also explained that she offered to pay Janssen the full amount, but he “refused the deal” because he didn’t want to signal a mutual non-disparagement agreement whereby the parties agreed not to communicate tired of each other.
“What should I do? Say, ‘Here’s all this money you claim I owe you, and move on. Say what you want about me. No,” she added.
“My lawyer said I can’t let you do this, so now I have to go to trial and, you know, that’s a lot.”
In Janssen’s lawsuit, obtained by Page Six, the insurance company alleged that she violated the oral contract and is committing promissory fraud by purposely not paying again.
The documents alleged that Beador would pay him back with interest, but after several alleged requests for repayment in 2023 and 2024, Janssen is now asking for the full $75,000 back, plus accrued interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
The Truth star, however, argues that the money was a gift.
Janssen and Beador’s longtime relationship developed before the “RHOC” cameras in early 2019, but they split in November 2022 after filming season 17. He has been dating Bellino since the fall and teased that an engagement could be coming.