For once, there’s an ugly fight that Bravo doesn’t want its viewers to ogle.

The reality television network is attempting to resolve its contentious legal dispute with former star Leah McSweeney in a private setting, as revealed by Page Six. The network’s legal team is making efforts to prevent McSweeney’s lawyers from accessing confidential company documents and arranging for its executives to participate in sworn interviews.

And McSweeney’s lawyers claim the move is intended to hide “damaging evidence” from the public.

In 2024, the ex-star of “Real Housewives of New York City” filed a lawsuit alleging that producers, including the well-known “Housewives” executive Andy Cohen, coerced her into relapsing while she was featured on two programs, “Real Housewives of New York City” and “Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip,” under the belief that it would boost viewership ratings.

Additionally, she accused Cohen of sexual harassment for discussing her breast augmentation surgery on air and in text messages. (Cohen has refuted these accusations).

It was in McSweeney’s contract when she signed up for “Real Housewives of New York” that any disagreements between she and the network would be handled in private, rather than in court. But there’s a law that says sexual harassment allegations should be heard in court, regardless of what it says in a contract. So the case went to court because of the boob job claims.

But earlier this year a judged tossed that chunk of McSweeney’s suit. So Bravo’s briefs say the rest of the case should now be handled privately, or “in arbitration,” per the contact.

What’s most interesting is that the reality giant’s lawyers are racing to stop McSweeney’s team from sticking its nose in those private documents and deposing execs, demanding that the court call an end to the so-called “discovery” process while the judge rules on whether the case has to go ahead in private or in open court.

“It comes as no surprise that [Bravo, Cohen and the producers] are once again trying to unnecessarily delay the matter by trying to move the case to [arbitration],” McSweeney’s attorney Gary Adelman of Adelman Matz told Page Six, “They think that this maneuver will shield the damaging evidence that, we believe, will be forthcoming as the case proceeds.”

“We are moving forward with the case, we are requesting that the [defendants] provide the evidence that we seek and we believe, that no matter where the case resides, the truth should come out and the public, who has the right to know, should know,” he said. 

A rep for Bravo didn’t get back to us.