Kelly Ferrell’s ex-husband is suing Bravo for $200 million
By Nancy Zhāng | Published: 2025-10-21 21:52:00 | Source: All About The Tea | Celebrity, Hollywood, Reality TV Entertainment News
Kelly Ferrell’s Ex-Husband Sues Bravo for $200 Million Over ‘Fabricated’ RHOA Story and Defamation Claims
Kelly Ferrell Ex-husband Chuvalo Mark Ferrell Now suing BravoHe accused the network of spreading lies about him in what he called a “fabricated story.”
In court documents he obtained TMZ, Chuvalo He claims so Kelly She falsely portrayed him as abusive and financially dishonest during her appearance on the show. He claims that the narrative that he “stole” money from her is completely false – and that the producers know it.
Chuvalo He insists Kelly They jointly applied for a $420,000 loan in 2022 to expand their restaurant, nana chicken and waffle, But this Kelly He misused the money for her “birthday and other unauthorized expenses.” According to him, he later repaid the loan, however Kelly He continued to tell viewers that he “stole” the money.
The lawsuit also charges RHOA The defamation crew, claiming that members of the staff were heard on camera calling him a “criminal, abuser and fraud”. Chuvalo Producers say they aired the allegations “knowing they were false,” and as a result, he suffered irreparable damage to his personal and professional reputation — to the tune of $100 million.
But that’s not where it ends. Chuvalo Mark Ferrell He is seeking an additional $100 million in punitive damages, bringing his total request to $200 million, alleging that the network acted with “reckless disregard for the truth.” In a fiery press conference in court on September 2, Chuvalo He criticized both his ex-wife and the network. The truth is, Kelly doesn’t want a solution. He said: She wants to frustrate me. “Because without this story, it will lose its platform.” And bravo, your hands are not clean
He continued, “You gave airtime to lies that you knew couldn’t stand. You put my daughter on national television without my permission. You built a narrative to ruin my name for the sake of entertainment. This is slander. It will not stand
Chuvalo He went on to claim that the situation cost him much more than just his reputation. “Every penny was recovered by December 2022 – but in January 2024, I spent over 40 days in jail while my ex-wife and her lawyer told the court that the amount was never paid. This is false imprisonment. This is fraud,” he claimed. As accused Kelly And her team’s money is really his. “I watched my name dragged through the mud, my business stolen, my house taken, my children detained, and my dignity attacked,” he said. “The truth is simple: What happened to me was not justice. It was an abuse of power
Chuvalo The press conference took a political turn when he announced, “This is not just one man’s fight. This is a case that raises national questions about judicial accountability, abuse of power, racial bias in family courts, and the influence of entertainment media on legal proceedings.”
Kelly and Chuvalo Mark Ferrell They finalized their divorce in 2025, after a turbulent split that was granted Kelly Primary custody of their three children was ordered Chuvalo To pay approximately $4,000 a month in child support and health insurance coverage for the children. Meanwhile, Kelly She still faces her own court drama.
On October 2, she filed an emergency petition claiming Chuvalo Interfering with their children’s participation in photography The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She was given final decision-making authority over the children’s extracurricular activities, including photography, the filing noted. Kelly He has recruited her ever since RHOA com. costar phaedra gardens, A licensed attorney will represent her in the case
Stay in touch with all things tea: twitter Instagram YouTube Facebook Î Send us tips
Nancy Chung is an entertainment blogger for All About The Tea. Nancy covers hot topics, recaps, and celebrity news. She loves to multi-task as a writer and private chef. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from LSU. Nancy is married and the proud mother of two German Shepherds.
(Tags for translation)Chuffalo Mark Ferrell
ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ
