{"id":357315,"date":"2026-03-21T05:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/357315\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T05:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:46:24","slug":"mormon-wives-demi-called-out-by-vanderpump-villas-marciano-for-suggesting-fake-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/357315\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mormon Wives&#8217; Demi Called Out by &#8216;Vanderpump Villa&#8217;s Marciano for Suggesting Fake Storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260319_4affb7c0936f42dbae3572495ea9558e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:eaa3bc0b-9e7b-4592-b090-5375cae1775d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4affb7c0936f42dbae3572495ea9558e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Demi Engemann and Marciano Brunette getty comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mormon Wives&#8217; star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/demi-engemann\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Demi Engemann<\/a> allegedly admitted to lying about a storyline in her \u201cpursuit of fame\u201d &#8230; and now a guy suing her for defamation plans to use it against her in court &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>In court docs obtained by TMZ, &#8220;Vanderpump Villa&#8221; star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/marciano-brunette\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marciano Brunette<\/a> fired back at Demi\u2019s attempt to dismiss the defamation lawsuit he filed against her over sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260217_fe0a13aaf31d4ca8854fe9458051f85a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:eaa3bc0b-9e7b-4592-b090-5375cae1775d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fe0a13aaf31d4ca8854fe9458051f85a_md.jpg\" alt=\"demi-marciano-vanderpump-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported, Marciano claimed Demi ruined his rep by falsely accusing him of sexual assault that she said occurred when they both filmed for &#8220;Vanderpump Villa.&#8221; Marciano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/05\/marciano-brunette-sues-demi-engemann-defamation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has insisted<\/a> everything between them was consensual.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In his filing, Marciano says Demi even publicly admitted in a social media post that she suggested faking a storyline involving a fake romance with costar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a>\u2019s then-boyfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dakota-mortensen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Mortensen<\/a>, in order to make the show less &#8220;boring&#8221; &#8230; but he says producers declined the offer.\u00a0He claims it&#8217;s clear that Demi understood the producers&#8217; &#8220;appetite for salacious content and was happy to fabricate stories to satisfy it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ first reported, Demi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/17\/demi-engemann-wants-marciano-brunette-suit-dismissed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called the lawsuit<\/a> a &#8220;sham&#8221; and said he filed it to get &#8220;media attention&#8221; and punish her for speaking out about his &#8220;misconduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mormon Wives&#8217; star Demi Engemann allegedly admitted to lying about a storyline in her \u201cpursuit of fame\u201d &#8230;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-357315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}