Brittany Boltinhouse Sues Pageant Officials in Duplin County
The lawsuit says organizers falsely portrayed Brittany Boltinhouse as a bigot and caused economic and reputational harm after removing her title.
- Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse filed a lawsuit against the Miss USA Organization, CEO Thom Brodeur, and A Blaize Productions, alleging defamation and civil conspiracy following her recent title removal.
- Earlier this month, organizers stripped Boltinhouse of her title after social media posts from 2017 and 2019 resurfaced showing her repeatedly using the N-word, following a 'thorough review of recently surfaced information.'
- Attorney Patrick Mincey claims officials used the posts as 'cover,' alleging her crown was taken due to support for Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk, while pageant representatives cite the 'totality' of her conduct.
- The lawsuit alleges defendants are guilty of 'maliciously coordinating to publish a false public narrative,' claiming their actions caused 'excruciating reputational destruction' and damaged her professional opportunities.
- Boltinhouse denies being racist, noting she was a teenager when writing the posts, and submitted evidence that her paternal great-grandfather, Antonio Sosa Figueroa, 'ethnically self-identified all his life as a black, Afro Latino Honduran.
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Dethroned queen sues Miss USA, alleging pageant defamed her over racist & transphobic posts
Brittany Boltinhouse — the now-dethroned, Trump-supporting winner of the Miss North Carolina USA 2026 beauty pageant — filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against the pageant’s producers A Blaize Productions and Miss USA President Thom Brodeur for “maliciously coordinating to publish a false public narrative portraying [her] as a racist, homophobe, and intolerable bigot to be shunned from public life.” The lawsuit claims that the pageant dethro…
Former Miss NC USA Brittany Boltinhouse files suit against Miss USA
Brittany Boltinhouse, who had her 2026 Miss North Carolina USA title stripped away, has filed a lawsuit against Miss USA, its CEO Thom Brodeur, A Blaize Productions, and Ariana and Nic Blaize. The lawsuit does not challenge the pageant organizations’ legal authority to strip Boltinhouse of her crown. Instead, it centers on what she alleges happened afterward. The lawsuit alleges the defendants coordinated a public campaign portraying her as a “r…
MAGA Beauty Queen Sues Over N-Word Dethroning
The Daily Beast reports: Ousted Miss North Carolina USA 2026, Brittany Boltinhouse, 27, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the show’s production company, A-Blaize Productions and Miss USA president Thom Brodeur. The lawsuit, published on Sunday night, accuses them of “maliciously coordinating to publish a false public narrative portraying [her] as a racist, homophobe, and intolerable bigot to be shunned from public life.” Boltinhouse lost he…
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