The first site I was sent reporting this story made absolutely no sense and they did not credit their source. So I have been poking around trying to find out what is going on. First, let me give you a little bit of prior knowledge.
If you remember this Blind Item, about dresses, I will now let you know in case I didn’t before that it was about the RHONY. I posted that blind in January of 2017. At that time, I had been shown a group email sent to some of the housewives from one of the housewives. The sender was NOT Ramona. The women were furious that they had to buy four dresses one long red, one short red, one long black and one short black to tape the season intro and they would not be reimbursed. They complained about having to purchase their wardrobes all season and then buy dresses on top of that they would not buy on their own. Bravo does not reimburse housewives for wardrobe.
On Friday, Lisa Taubes, DBA T360 Inc., filed a civil lawsuit for breach of contract is she is asking for damages “in excess of $150,000.” Taubes is claiming that she was not compensated in accordance with the contract “for her hours worked as well as on commissions.” Commission for what? Page Six says that Taubes claims she was to be paid $4,000 a month for up to 20 hours of assistant time, in addition to other fees. So she is a $200 an hour dog walker who makes the occasional social media post. Seems like a good gig if you can get it. I have no idea what this woman thinks she sold in order to earn a commission.
Taubes is the sole employee of T360 and according to her Linked In account, Ramona Singer’s business RMS is the sole client of the company. I found no listing of T360 Inc registered as a corporation in the state of New York, or New Jersey. Lisa Taubes resume lists her title as Director of Marketing and Branding for Ramona Singer. She has worked for Ramona since January of 2016. She lists her duties as, “Work directly with Ramona Singer on a daily basis. Control her social media, bookings, business development, promotions, and partnerships. Create new ideas in branding.” Ramona fired her in December of 2017.
Ramona has someone who does her bookings, that would be her agent. She’s not developing any businesses, she doesn’t sell anything currently other than the online merch like coffee cups and t-shirts with quotes on them. That requires no management. The company that produces the merch handles everything for a cut of the profit. There are not promotions or partnerships. So basically she ran her social media. Sonja has “interns” lined up out the door to do that for free.
Taubes is suddenly, after two years filing suit as against Ramona with no clear cause of action because she has been “bookkeeping, dog walking, payment of personal bills, searching for furniture and apartment decor, and other personal errands.” That is quoted from the original article on this subject posted by The Wrap. Again, Sonja Morgan has people willing to do those things as free interns, I imagine Ramona could do the same thing. If you work as a personal assistant and dog walker for two years then that is your job description.
Thus ends the relative merits of lack thereof of this case. Then she starts what appears to me to be slander with intent to defame. I get the feeling she has some first year law student who is the child of one of her friends file this suit. At any rate she makes the following claims
- Singer would routinely request that she “purchase designer clothes for the filming of Ms. Singer’s show, and instructed Plaintiff to submit receipts to Bravo Cable Network for reimbursement and then asked Ms. Taubes to return the clothes for refund.” Bullshit. Bravo does not reimburse for clothing. I don’t doubt Ramona has bought a dress or two to film in and returned it the next day. And since Taubes appears to be her girl Friday, she might have been tasked with picking up or returning a dress, but that’s none of her business nor is it related to her pay in any way. She did this job for two years and was paid for two years. This is just petty.
- She also claims that Singer told her to “submit fake receipts for reimbursement on clothes that she already owned and demanded Plaintiff carry out these tasks.” Utter bullshit. Bravo does not reimburse for clothing.
- Singer demanded that Taubes sign an NDA after she was fired. And when she refused, Singer pushed her and dumped the contents of her handbag onto the floor. On what planet does an employer ask for an NDA after they fire someone? Not even on Planet Ramona does that happen. This has nothing to do with the cause of action and seems to be included as some sort of public libel.
Both stories on this subject have titles like Ramona accused of scamming Bravo, as if Bravo is suing her. This has nothing to do with Bravo. This is a fired contractor throwing a fit because she doesn’t get to pick up dog poop anymore.
We all know that Ramona has no compunction about making off with a dress or two that doesn’t belong to her. Bethenny brought that up more than once. But this is the stupidest lawsuit I’ve never read. Someone send me the full motion. Because this is just a waste of a filing fee. And from my perspective, she’s opened herself up to a lawsuit from Ramona. You don’t want to mess with the Singer Stinger, honey. You just burned your only reference for the past two years.
Very interesting see the actual facts & getting your perspective on it (luckily I’ve never been in a court room & live in Australia) so don’t really know much about American courts. It really does make me question the motivation behind the suit…?
The U.S. is notorious for its litigious plaintiffs – take example of this lawsuit against Ramona.
In Australia (and other countries), a similiar lawsuit would be referred to mediation by the Courts. In any event, a losing party could be ordered to pay costs.
I understsnd in the U.S. most parties cover their own costs regardless of merit – hence the litigious plaintiffs.
Motivation is simple, greed and an inability for this assistant to find another job (so she keeps busy with this lawsuit against Ramona).
Thanks for the explanation, very interesting
That photograph of Ramona (in blue leather bustier) is Everything.
Number 3 is quite possible on Planet Ramona in my opinion.
On the other hand maybe it is a part of her storyline for next season? 😀
I don’t know what it is about Ramona, but she care much for the ‘little’ people in her life. I remember a few years ago one of her assistants had control of Mona’s twitter account and tweeted some nasty things about Ramona not paying her for her services.
Maybe it was this same person?
Nope. It was the person she used in 2015
If two people have made claims, perhaps there. Is some weight to it?
Also I remember 1. Dress gate with her and Bethany, and her taking a dress.
2. Did carol suggest during that fiasco that she was surprised Ramona didn’t try to “return” the dress after having it a while to Neaman Markus(sp).
Or am I confusing my soap ladies?
Either way she evidently needs Sonija to hook her up. Lol
All I can think of is how these allegations brings forth memories of Ramona’s shitty treatment of the “underlings” in her life and her super inflated sense of entitlement. While it may not make any of this true, it sure does bring of those crappy camera moments of her talking down to the help back to life, and will give all those Ramona haters some fun fodder.
Absolutely! And who knows the details of her contract.
Its common for NDAs to be signed after employment but only in exchange for a settlement/severance. Otherwise there is no consideration and it isn’t binding.
I think its unlikely that any public figure would forget about the NDA at the time of hiring or the entire duration of employment.
Ramona likely was too drunk to think about an NDA at the time of hire.
This has nothing to do with lawsuit. I could never afford them but Ramona’s plastic surgeon should see an uptick in patients. Ramona look amazing and her nip/tucks look natura.
I believe this is true!. Remember when Bethany said her assistants ran into Ramona in the lobby and elevator and Ramona was very rude to the point were she was scary and aggressive.
Ramona is notorious for her interviewing process. I think she’s been slacking…
Chrissy Teigen said Ramona made off with the costume from her lip sync show too. Andy said she wore in to what I think was the first cast filming this year. In that Ramona! Lmao
I was just watching Thursday night’s #WWHL with Chrissy Teigen as a guest. Chrissy is on a show called ‘Lip Sync Battle’ and Ramona & Melissa Gorga will be competing later in the season. About 14 mins into the show, a caller asks what Mel and Ramona were like on the show. It’s bla bla bla then at the end, Chrissy tells Andy that she thought Ramona took the costume she wore on the show and Andy replied that yes she did and she is wearing it on the premier of the new season. This show was taped and aired BEFORE the above story broke about Ramona ???You can watch that episode online
If that woman had to spend 20 hours a week around Ramona, she deserves $40,000 a month! The most entitled, obnoxious person in the RH franchise by a long shot. At least La Morgan is funny, although often not intentionally. While we don’t see everything that goes on behind closed doors, I saw enough to wonder how Mario stayed in that marriage long enough to father a child! If alcohol disappeared from the planet, WWBD? What WOULD Bravo do? What would Ramona do? Does she ever WATCH herself? Her poor daughter seems so grounded; must have got that from Dad!
I think she may me a sociopath. All the violence she grew up around may have caused her to shut down emotionally. Its sad to me, and I hate when the other ladies get on her about her behavior so harshly. They know how she grew up, they could be good friends and kindly point out her missteps and guide her. But I guess that wouldn’t be good TV.
Really ??? Define Narcissism : Ramona
or A disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of self-importance .
I feel SO bad for her daughter, and ex- husband. Good Grief her ex maybe a saint for living w/ her 17 plus years, and not leaving sooner
If that woman had to spend 20 hours a week around Ramona, she deserves $40,000 a month! Ramona is the most entitled, obnoxious person in the RH franchise by a long shot. At least La Morgan is funny, although often not intentionally. While we don’t see everything that goes on behind closed doors, I saw enough to wonder how Mario stayed in that marriage long enough to father a child! If alcohol disappeared from the planet, WWBD? What WOULD Bravo do? What would Ramona do? Does she ever WATCH herself? Her poor daughter seems so grounded; must have got that from Dad!
i believe there is some truth to these allegations. Ramona lacks integrity and has an air of entitlement about her. If the lawsuit included allegations of Ramona swindling Bravo it may be just to give examples of her dishonesty rather than as a part of the claim for compensation . I’ve also read that Bravo does reimburse some housewives and it is possible that Ramona may have different perks than some of the other h/w
Only what you read, wherever you read it is not true. There has only been one instance when the paid for clothes ever and that was when that idiot who is “engaged” to Apollo came to town and they had to put her in decent clothes and give her a Rolex to make her not look so hood.
Lol……… Are they still together?
I sent in a comment on the article why did you not publish? Because its facts and truth?
I was staying with her years ago and her cleaning lady asked to be paid for her hours. Ramona said “no, I’m not paying you that much.” The woman said “we agreed so much per hour and I have worked this many hours.” Ramona said “I’m here mostly year round (in Southampton), not seasonally, like a lot of others. If you want to work for me, this is it!” The poor woman took the money as she could see it was all she would be getting… From what I got, the woman was most likely undocumented and had no way to fight back. Later, I asked Ramona how much she paid her and when she told me, I realized it was half the going price! I know the going price because I had my own home there and was only staying with her for the weekend, as my house was having short term renovations being done. She took complete advantage of this woman and had no problem doing so. Terrible!
This is horrible! And the other HWs say she never tips either. As someone who claims to have essentially worked her ass off to become financially successful, you would think she would be generous to others.
If you ever struggle to support yourself, you can go two ways. hold on to every dime or try to help others. I’m not sure one is better or worse than the other. HOWEVER, the way she treats people in the service industry is APPALLING.
That sounds completely true . I sent in a bunch of facts and no one published them
I was in the lobby when it happened I saw the entire thing. And the doorman talk. its all true and BRAVO reimburses for the reunion. She also did other shows where she got reimbursed for buying nothing and putting in fake reciepts
Ramona just treats everyone but herself badly. She is a nasty woman. I hope this woman gets her money.
Yes, Lisa. You are supposed to be blocked. Let me go fix that.