Britani Bateman‘s daughter Olivia Bateman shared more details behind their feud, hinted at playing “telephone,” and revealed which “information was wrong.” She also explained the real reason she and her sister didn’t film the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in the past.
When Britani joined the show in season 5, she shared that she wasn’t speaking to her daughters, including her teenage daughter, Olivia. Neither of the girls filmed that season. But in a recent episode, Olivia shared her version of events. According to her, Britani became less involved in their lives after marrying Olivia’s former stepdad. Olivia claimed history repeated itself with Britani’s on-off boyfriend, Jared Osmond, who Britani has broken up with multiple times.
On The Bravo Investigator, Olivia was asked about Britani’s suggestion that Olivia and her sister couldn’t film because of Bronwyn Newport. (According to Britani, Bronwyn allegedly told her best friends — who then allegedly told the daughters — that Britani was trash-talking them on camera. Britani said this is why her daughters ghosted her.)
“I would love to clear this up. Okay, because my mom keeps bringing it up when we’ve already talked it out,” said Olivia. “We’ve already figured out where all the miscommunications were.”
“So basically, it was just a long telephone game that got passed down to me and my sister, and the information was wrong,” she continued. “As things happen, we were being told that our mom was saying horrible things about us on season five, and that she was blaming her divorce on us, and she was saying we don’t talk to her because we’re jealous of her. All of this was not true.”
According to Olivia, the people who shared this information were not “doing the wrong thing.”
“They were just like, ‘Hey … we’re looking out for you. This is what we heard. Like, it’s not necessarily true. This is just the rumor — is that these things were said on the show. So if it comes out, like I just want to warn you,’” she recalled. “My mom loves to say that Bronwyn’s the reason we don’t talk to her when that’s never, ever, ever been true. We were already not talking and estranged when we got this information.”
“Did it make things a little bit worse? Yeah,” Olivia added. “And it made us not want to film because … I was like, ‘Oh my gosh. Like we sound like horrible people. We sound like we’re like little monsters and brats.’ And so like yeah, it made us not want to film. It made our relationship a little bit worse, but it’s not the reason, you know … It’s like she’s pointing fingers to everybody else who had nothing to do with it.”
But Olivia said she now has a “lot more empathy” for her mom’s on-off relationship with Jared — as Olivia herself recently went through a breakup, and she knows it isn’t “so easy.”
The long-running civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin stemming from the fatal 2021 Rust shooting has reached a breaking point. The actor is now facing unprecedented legal jeopardy after attorneys for gaffer Serge Svetnoy revealed a crucial piece of evidence in court: Baldwin allegedly refused to appear for a legally required deposition, yet was photographed attending a taping of Dancing with the Stars to support his wife, Hilaria Baldwin.
This blatant display of personal convenience over judicial obligation has reportedly infuriated the presiding judge, leading to an alleged threat to not only impose a colossal $3 MILLION FINE but to escalate the penalty by making it a CRIMINAL legal precedent, citing Baldwin’s conduct as a profound disregard for the rule of law.
For months, Svetnoy’s legal team has been attempting to secure Baldwin’s deposition—key testimony for the civil suit where Svetnoy claims he suffered severe emotional distress after witnessing the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
On November 12, Svetnoy’s lawyer revealed the shocking pattern of evasion: “In every instance, [Alec and the other defendants] claimed to be unavailable or simply refused to testify.” The documents specifically point out the hypocrisy of Baldwin’s excuses:
The lawyer wrote: “Despite claiming to have work commitment throughout most of September 2025, Alec, 67, would travel to and appear in Los Angeles, California, at the taping of an episode of Dancing With the Stars to support his wife.”
This act of prioritizing a televised celebrity appearance over a court-ordered duty has been presented as definitive proof of Baldwin’s BLATANT disregard for justice.
Sources close to the Los Angeles Superior Court claim the judge was incensed by the evidence of the evasion. While the $3 million figure is tied to potential punitive damages in the civil suit, the judge allegedly threatened to use this case as an opportunity to set a dramatic CRIMINAL legal precedent for non-compliance with subpoenas.
The judicial threat is reportedly twofold:
Maximum Penalty: The judge is said to be demanding Baldwin face the MAXIMUM penalty for civil contempt, which could include massive fines and even potential incarceration if the contempt is deemed willful.
Criminal Precedent: By linking the $3M financial penalty to the deliberate evasion, the court could send a chilling message to high-profile defendants, essentially classifying a calculated refusal to testify—particularly when balanced against non-essential public appearances—as an obstruction of justice that warrants unprecedented and potentially criminal consequences.
Svetnoy’s attorney quoted Albert Einstein in the filing, stating, “‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ [Svetnoy] now moves [to] break this cycle of insanity.” The court appears ready to grant that break—with catastrophic consequences for the actor.
The legal fallout from the Rust tragedy continues to mount, but this latest development threatens to redefine the legal repercussions for celebrity defendants who believe their fame exempts them from court-ordered duties.