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Vicki Gunvalson Calls Herself a 'Bad A**' After Suing Ex-Boyfriend Brooks Ayers
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Apr. 13 2019, Updated 1:23 p.m. ET
Vicki Gunvalson showed some love for all the "bad a**" women out there, herself included, after news broke about The Real Housewives of Orange County star suing her ex-boyfriend Brooks Ayers. Read on for all the details.
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Vicki, 57, shared an inspirational quote on her Instagram that was all about female empowerment.
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"The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because s**t worked out," the quote began. "They got that way because s**t went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes."
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Vicki shared this shortly after filing a lawsuit against her cancer-faker ex-boyfriend Brooks, 51, for breach of written agreement, breach of verbal agreement, fraud, misrepresentation and for large sums of money he allegedly failed to pay back to her.
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The lawsuit, filed in Clark County District Court in Nevada on Friday, March 29, alleged that Brooks did not pay Vicki back the $184,899 that she loaned him back in 2011 and not abiding to a written agreement they made in 2016.
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The "OG of the OC" also claimed that Brooks refused to repay her the $81,652 she loaned him for lawyer fees between 2013 and 2015.
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Vicki and Brooks dated for four years before splitting in August 2015 after he falsified medical records that said he suffered from Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.