Real Housewives of Orange County star Shannon Beador and her ex-boyfriend John Janssen demanded their $75,000 battle go before a jury of their peers, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Shannon, 60, asked that she be allowed to fight John, 62, at a trial that she believes will take three to five days.
John also asked for a jury trial that he expects will take two days.
Shannon and John previously told the court they did not believe mediation would be fruitful.
John’s attorney Edson McClellan tells In Touch, “It would unfortunate if this were to go to trial, however, we are fully prepared to win.”
As In Touch previously reported, John sued Shannon, accusing her of owing him $75,000 from loans he provided her while they were together. Shannon and John had a rocky relationship that officially ended in 2022.
In his lawsuit, John claimed Shannon asked him for two loans. He said the first was for $40,000 for a facelift procedure. The second loan request came months later and was for $35,000.
John said that Shannon has refused to repay the loans following their breakup. Shannon denied that the money provided to her was a loan. She publicly claimed that they often spent money on each other during the relationship and the $75,000 was no different. She denied that she ever agreed to repay the funds.
In response to the lawsuit, Shannon’s attorney wrote, “[John] and [Shannon] were in a romantic relationship for over 4 years. During the relationship the parties regularly shared their finances and assisted each other with certain financial contributions.”
“After the relationship soured and eventually ended, [John] now claims that $75,000 he provided Defendant during the relationship were loans, subject to specific yet unidentified loan terms such as interest, attorney fees, repayment timing and the like. Defendant denies that said monies were loans, but were simply monies shared during the relationship,” he added.
Shannon argued that “part, if not all, of [John’s] alleged damages were incurred as a result of [John’s] own breaches, acts, omissions, and negligence and thus recovery by [John] against [Shannon] is barred or reduced accordingly.”
The RHOC star demanded all claims be dismissed and John be ordered to pay her legal fees.
“[Shannon] has engaged attorneys in defense of [John’s] frivolous, unfounded and unreasonable claims and are thereby entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees pursuant to applicable law upon judgment in [Shannon’s] favor,” Shannon’s lawyer argued as part of her request for fees.
The case is ongoing.
After Shannon and John broke up, John started dating Shannon’s RHOC costar Alexis Bellino. John and Alexis, 47, got engaged in August.
As In Touch first reported, Shannon’s ex-husband, David Beador, is in the middle of a nasty divorce with his estranged wife, Lesley Beador. Lesley recently obtained a temporary restraining order against David.
She accused him of being verbally abusive to her. David denied the claims.
“Lesley routinely tells me I am abusive when I disagree with her or make my opinions known. She has a habit of texting me consistently for hours at a time, trying to spark a reaction out of me. I believe Lesley is angry because I cut off the unlimited spending ability on her credit cards over the weekend,” David told the court. The case is ongoing.
