Marciano Brunette is suing Demi Engemann over allegations of sexual assault

Marciano Brunette sues The Secret Lives of Mormon Women star Demi Engemann after she accused him of sexual assault.

In legal documents obtained by We weekly on Friday, December 5 Vanderpump Villa star, 32, and his legal team alleged that Demi, 31, falsely described him as a “sexual predator” – accusations that he claims have damaged his reputation.

Marciano’s legal team claimed through the docs that Demi’s comments about her receiving “unwanted touching” from him while filming for Vanderpump Villa in Italy in August 2024 were untrue. He insisted that any physical interaction between them was consensual.

“The truth is simple. Engemann and Marciano met while filming in Italy. They flirted. They spoke privately. They shared a mutual kiss. They broke up,” the documents say. “After filming, Engemann remained in contact with Marciano for months through phone calls, FaceTime, texts, invitations and even location sharing. That behavior confirms an ongoing relationship, not a person responding to sexual assault.”

Marciano’s legal team described the sexual misconduct allegations against the reality star as “false” and further claimed that Demi’s claims had caused “serious” damage to Marciano’s reputation.

“They accuse Marciano of criminal sexual conduct that he did not commit. They were widely published, repeatedly republished and framed to harden into ‘truth’ in the minds of viewers,” the documents continued. “The damage was immediate and severe, including lost professional opportunities, harassment by strangers and lasting damage to Marciano’s reputation.”

The lawsuit also accused the production of “amplifying the same allegations for profit.”

We weekly has reached out to Demi’s reps for comment.

During a confessional The Secret Lives of Mormon Women third season, Demi, who is married Bret Engemannemphasized that any physicality between her and Marciano was “unwanted.” Marciano previously claimed they kissed.

“Everyone deals with these types of situations differently. You never deserve unwanted touching,” the influencer said at the time. “No matter what it looks like, no matter what your relationship was like before or after, unwanted touch is unwanted touch.”

Following the episode, Maricano has remained adamant that the claims against him are untrue.

“It’s a shame to see what’s happening now, because everything that’s happened [on Vanderpump Villa] was consensual,” Maricano claimed on an episode of the “Juicy Scoop” podcast on Nov. 25. “I just want to say outright that the accusations she is making against me are 100 percent false.”

Just days prior to the podcast appearance, he reiterated a similar sentiment, calling the claims “completely untrue” via a statement to People on November 20.

“I want to be absolutely clear: I take this matter extremely seriously,” Marciano said via the statement. “This is the most difficult situation I have ever faced, and the allegations against me are not only completely false, but deeply damaging. I remain committed to addressing this matter fully and transparently.”

In response, a rep for Demi, 30, said E! News on November 21: “As a woman, I find it disturbing that what happened to Demi is being minimized.”

Exclusively spoken against We weekly in May, Demi denied being unfaithful to her husband with Marciano in Italy.

“Nothing happened with Marciano. Despite sounding rude, he wasn’t even remotely attracted. It sucks that women in this world can’t be nice and friendly and even playful with men without it being perceived as being open. I had a rock on my finger the whole time I was there,” she told Us Weekly exclusively in May. “I brought up my marriage several times and they were told we were married women – so it sucks that we couldn’t just have a good time and he couldn’t respect that.”