Vanderpump Rules’ Faith Stowers Could Sue Stassi Schroeder for ‘Defamation’ After Starting GoFundMe, Says Lawyer

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Faith Stowers’ call for Stassi Schroeder to stop publishing her “nonfactual” books may not hold water in court, attorney Neama Rahmani exclusively told Us Weekly.“I think what happened to Faith is wrong, but you have to have an actionable claim,” Rahmani explained on Tuesday, June 20, referring to Stowers’ allegations that Schroeder, 34, previously made racially charged comments about her while working together on Vanderpump Rules.The lawyer pointed out that with freedom of speech in America, “Even though something may be racist [or] completely vile [and] disgusting, that doesn’t mean you can get the book [it’s written in] taken down.”However, Rahmani told Us that Stowers, 34, “might be able to sue for defamation” depending on the evidence she has against Schroeder.“The question is, ‘What false statements were made and what were your damages?’ Just being a racist, unfortunately in this country, is not actionable,” he added.The reality stars first made headlines in 2020 when Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from Pump Rules after Stowers claimed that the women wrongfully called the police on her years prior.Stowers also alleged that while she was on the series from 2015 to 2017, the “Straight Up with Stassi” podcast host and Doute, 40, made racially insensitive remarks about her and the fact that she is Black.While both Schroeder and Doute issued public apologies for their past actions, Stowers made it clear she was not OK with how things panned out.

On Sunday, June 18, the Challenge alum added a link to her GoFundMe page asking fans to help her raise enough money to sue Schroeder, who Stowers claimed has been profiting off her negative actions since exiting Pump Rules.“Stassi Schroeder has written a NY times best