Jul 13, 2026 · 24 min · 8 segments
Sources have shared that Chelsea Lazkani has been threatening legal action against Jason Oppenheim and Mary Bonnet for their racist treatment of her at the Oppenheim Group. In this episode, Theresa…
And so in keeping with bringing you guys the hottest tea in Selling Sunset and other areas of Hollywood, Chelsea Lazkani has retained an attorney.
It's my understanding from a few sources and what I've inferred from statements that Mary Bonnet herself has made in the public, as well as some comments that Vanessa Villela, if you remember her, I think she was a cast member for, like, one season in season five, um, has also alluded to, you know, Chelsea bringing, like, some kind of legal action.
So there's been behind-the-scenes rumblings about Chelsea Lazkani bringing legal action for a while.
Why would she do that? Everyone assumes that because she is on a reality TV show that she would not be able to sue for anything that happens on that reality TV show.
Now, I will say I have not spoken to Chelsea Lazkani, and I have not spoken to any of her attorneys.
So at this point, what I'm gonna tell you guys is if I was representing Chelsea, this is the approach that I would take.
Number one, she cannot sue Netflix, she cannot sue Dunn and Dunn Productions, she cannot sue Adam Divillo, and she cannot sue Jason Oppenheim as a producer of the show Selling Sunset, and she cannot sue for any of the content that happened to her on the show.
She can't say, "Mary Bonnet was mean to me on the show, so I'm suing her." However, the footage that airs and the footage that has not aired could potentially be used as demonstrative evidence to show a judge and potentially a jury the kind of conduct that Chelsea Lazkani was subjected to because if that's how they treated her on camera, imagine how they treated her off camera.
Jason Oppenheim is the owner of the real estate brokerage, The Oppenheim Group, and in several seasons it was publicized that Mary Bonnet was made the manager.
Interestingly enough, Mary Bonnet was made the manager on camera the same season that Chelsea Lazkani joined.
So let's take a walk down memory lane and talk about the racist on-camera behavior that Mary did towards Chelsea that Chelsea couldn't sue for, but she could use to demonstrate her point of what goes on at the Oppenheim Group brokerage.
Because the Oppenheim Group brokerage and Jason Oppenheim as a broker and Mary Bonnet as manager and vice president of the Oppenheim Group, they're not immune from lawsuit if they discriminate against Chelsea Lazkani, their real estate agent.
Just because they're not, you know, just because real estate agents aren't employees doesn't mean they're completely unprotected, especially in California, and I'll get to that.
And so in keeping with bringing you guys the hottest tea in Selling Sunset and other areas of Hollywood, Chelsea Lazkani has retained an attorney.
It's my understanding from a few sources and what I've inferred from statements that Mary Bonnet herself has made in the public, as well as some comments that Vanessa Villela, if you remember her, I think she was a cast member for, like, one season in season five, um, has also alluded to, you know, Chelsea bringing, like, some kind of legal action.
So there's been behind-the-scenes rumblings about Chelsea Lazkani bringing legal action for a while.
Why would she do that? Everyone assumes that because she is on a reality TV show that she would not be able to sue for anything that happens on that reality TV show.
Now, I will say I have not spoken to Chelsea Lazkani, and I have not spoken to any of her attorneys.
So at this point, what I'm gonna tell you guys is if I was representing Chelsea, this is the approach that I would take.
Number one, she cannot sue Netflix, she cannot sue Dunn and Dunn Productions, she cannot sue Adam Divillo, and she cannot sue Jason Oppenheim as a producer of the show Selling Sunset, and she cannot sue for any of the content that happened to her on the show.
She can't say, "Mary Bonnet was mean to me on the show, so I'm suing her." However, the footage that airs and the footage that has not aired could potentially be used as demonstrative evidence to show a judge and potentially a jury the kind of conduct that Chelsea Lazkani was subjected to because if that's how they treated her on camera, imagine how they treated her off camera.
Jason Oppenheim is the owner of the real estate brokerage, The Oppenheim Group, and in several seasons it was publicized that Mary Bonnet was made the manager.
Interestingly enough, Mary Bonnet was made the manager on camera the same season that Chelsea Lazkani joined.
So let's take a walk down memory lane and talk about the racist on-camera behavior that Mary did towards Chelsea that Chelsea couldn't sue for, but she could use to demonstrate her point of what goes on at the Oppenheim Group brokerage.
Because the Oppenheim Group brokerage and Jason Oppenheim as a broker and Mary Bonnet as manager and vice president of the Oppenheim Group, they're not immune from lawsuit if they discriminate against Chelsea Lazkani, their real estate agent.
Just because they're not, you know, just because real estate agents aren't employees doesn't mean they're completely unprotected, especially in California, and I'll get to that.
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