Teen Mom Briana DeJesus files protective order after Kailyn Lowry ‘tries to expose her sexual history’ in nasty lawsuit
TEEN Mom 2 star Briana DeJesus has filed a protective order after Kailyn Lowry “tried to expose her sexual history” in their nasty lawsuit.
Kailyn, 29, sued Briana, 27, for defamation in June after she claimed the star “physically beat” her baby daddy Chris Lopez and broke into the home of his mother.
The enemies have a court hearing set for March 29 to rule on Briana’s anti-slapp motion, which protects a person’s freedom of speech, that was filed in August to have the case dismissed.
In court papers exclusively obtained by The Sun, Briana’s lawyer filed a Motion for a Protective Order to ban Kailyn from seeking information about her “sexual relationshup with a third party” without confidentiality protection.
Briana, whose real last name is Soto, had her deposition, which is testimony, in the case on March 7, 2022.
The lawyer claimed Kail’s attorney asking about her sexual history is “irrelevant” to the case and the line of questioning is aimed to “pry into the salacious details of Briana’s private life for the benefit of embarrassing her.”
The court papers continued: “The case isn’t really about defamation. The case is really about the fact that Ms. Lowry is upset that Ms. Soto has had a relationship with her ex.
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“That was apparent from the start, but during Ms. Soto’s deposition on March 7, 2022, it was no longer deniable.”
The court papers continued that when consel began “prying into the matters of Ms. Soto’s sexual history,” Kailyn’s attorney “insisted that every salacious detail would be properly a matter of public record.”
The documents claim: “It is quite clear that the intent of this line of questioning was to both try to humiliate Ms. Soto and for Ms. Lowry to use this information for purposes that have nothing to do with the lawsuit.”
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The attorney also mentioned how the parties are “popular reality television stars” and “followed closely on social media.”
He added that there are “no reasons for such questions” about Briana’s sexual history and that even so, she would be willing to answer them as long as the information is kept “confidential,” which was allegedly denied by Kail’s legal counsel.
Briana’s request is that her responses “not be used as fodder” for Kailyn’s “continued campaign to keep herself in the public eye.”
He added that this is “an abuse of the discovery process” and that Briana is asking for a protective order to keep the information confidential, as opposed to filing a counterclaim.
A judge has yet to rule on the request.
TREADMILL DRAMA
Kailyn and Briana’s lawyers have been taking aim at each other throughout the lawsuit, especially when involving Chris.
Kailyn’s lawyer Nicole Haff’s email to Briana’s attorney Marc Randazza regarding her refusal to postpone a hearing read: “We are a fairly laid back office and usually, we grant these… This, however, is an unusual case, and your client can ask the court for an adjournment. Ms. Lowry does not consent.”
Nicole explained how Kailyn’s ex and third baby daddy Chris’ declaration, where he admitted to spending time with Briana in Miami, was executed on November 2.
But Marc didn’t file it until the night before Thanksgiving to “presumably upset” Kailyn before the holiday.
She then wrote that Briana informed Kail via social media that she would be sending her a “surprise.”
The email continued: “The surprise was a treadmill. When read with the message, a reasonable reader would view it as your client calling my client overweight.
“If your client wants favors from my client, she should stop antagonizing her and perhaps issue an apology for the very statements she made which is the focus of this lawsuit.”
He responded in the email: “The treadmill, well I had nothing to do with that. That seems like an awfully expensive thing to send to someone as an insult. If Ms. Lowry doesn’t want it, I could stand to lose a few pounds myself.”
In the continuance filing, Marc ripped Kailyn and her lawyer for refusing to approve his continuance.
The filing read of Chris’ statement: “Plaintiff’s counsel then makes the wild leap that the fact that it got filed on November 24 was an attempt to upset the Plaintiff. This simply makes no sense. There is nothing in the affidavit that a reasonable person would consider to be ‘upsetting.’
“The timing was the unfortunate result of incompetence, but hardly a fiendish plot to upset Ms. Lowry. It is not a reason to deny a reasonable request for a continuance because a party claims to have been upset by the filing of an affidavit.
“This is the Plaintiff acting with spite, and the attorneys not insisting on being a buffer between client spite and professional conduct.”
He then brought up the treadmill and Kailyn’s lawyer claimed Briana is implying her client is “overweight.”
Marc continued in the filing: “Seriously? This degree of pettiness and schoolyard conduct should find its way into a CLE about how and why the modern practice of law is so uncivil.
“This should have been embarrassing to commit to writing. The reason the Plaintiff’s counsel will not agree to a reasonable continuance is because one party believes that a gift from the other was part of a spat over their respective waistlines.
“Spitefulness is not a reason to deny a reasonable request for a professional courtesy.”
In December, Kailyn posted about receiving the treadmill.
She wrote on Instagram: “Update on the dog room: @BrianaSoto thank you so much for the treadmill. My dogs will love it & I’m lazy so now I don’t have to walk them myself.”
KAILYN SUES BRIANA
In Kail’s initial complaint against Briana filed in June, her legal team claimed that her co-star’s comments are false and were made “for the purpose of causing Lowry harm… Defendant used Lowry to gain additional media attention for herself.”
Kailyn then went into their long-standing feud in the court papers filed on June 25, which began when Briana joined Teen Mom 2 in 2017.
Kailyn claimed Briana “has a history of making false public statements regarding Lowry’s family life,” including when she allegedly responded to a Twitter user “[Lowry] gets beat the f**k up by Chris in front of her kids.”
Kailyn mentioned in the lawsuit when she was excluded from the June 8, 2021, Teen Mom 2 episode.
Briana claimed she wasn’t included because she allegedly “committed violent, physical crimes towards Mr. Lopez. Defendant also asserted that Lowry was arrested for breaking and entering into the home of Mr. Lopez’s mother.”
Briana alleged Kailyn “didn’t want to film” about the alleged incident.
Kailyn claimed she did not break into Chris’ mother’s home or beat him up.
She claimed the statements “threatened” her “ability to earn a living” and that she suffered “personal humiliation and mental anguish.”
She requested $30,000, reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees, and a jury trial.
BRIANA FIGHTS BACK
In Briana’s response, her attorney claimed his client could not have defamed Kailyn with “false” stories because she was arrested for the alleged assault on her ex.
The attorney wrote: “She verifiably was arrested for this, and her arrest garnered media attention.”
Briana’s lawyer called Kailyn’s lawsuit “meritless” and demanded the entire lawsuit be dismissed.
Also in the court documents, Kailyn alleged Briana claimed she obtained the arrest information from “credible source” Chris, 27.
Briana also credited the source of the information as “production,” meaning the producers and crew that film Teen Mom 2.
The Sun was the first to report on Kailyn’s offensive touching charges against Chris, which were later dropped.
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Chris shares sons Lux, 4, and Creed, 1, with his ex Kailyn.
On tonight’s episode of Teen Mom 2, Briana meets up with Chris to appear on his podcast.
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