Tonya Cooley, who many know from her crazy, drunken antics on The Real World: Chicago as well as a few of the Real World/Road Rules Challenges is suing MTV, and fellow RW/RR castmates Kenny Santucci (left) and Evan Starkman (right) over alleged sexual abouse with a toothbrush she suffered while shooting a challenge in Thailand.
According to TMZ, Tonya claims while she was unconscious (most likely from drinking like a damn fish), Kenny and Evan played a prank on her by stealing another castmate's toothbrush and used it to brush her labia lips and even shoved it inside her vaginal lady bits. Tonya, who let's remember claims she was passed out at the time says cameras caught it all on film and not one person on production tried to stop them. Tonya says producers got rid of the toothbrush and replaced it, never telling her about it. Tonya also claims there are other girls from the show who have complained against sexual harrassment from some of the guys on the show, and that producers have ignored their claims. Tonya is suing for unspecified damages, and as of now MTV and Bunim/Murray have not reiterated Cooley's claims.
Now here's the thing. if Tonya was indeed sexually assaulted, like she says they should have it on film and the case will immediately be closed. On the season that Tonya is claiming these actions, she was later kicked off for slapping Veronica, something The Real World has never condoned (but you can get away with royally on Jersey Shore). There were plenty of opportunities Tonya could have talked about being sexually harrassed including during the reunion, but she said nothing until now? Also if she were unconscious, whomever told her what happened she should call as a witness once this goes to court.
We all know Kenny and Evan graduated Sigma Cum Loudly at Tool Academy, and Kenny is without a doubt notorious for his on-set pranks, while Evan talks shit about everybody in the confessional and clearly follows whatever the other guys are doing, but I don't understand why MTV would cut out any sexual harrassment done to Tonya when they never cut out when Basketball Wives star Tami got violated way back in the day on The Real World: Los Angeles by David. Hopefully this matter will be resolved very soon because I always enjoy The Challenges when MTV has them.
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