'RHOC' Gretchen Rossi Has Bench Warrant Issued For Her Arrest

I guess prancing around in your teeny bikini all over Las Vegas doesn't stop your court battles from proceeding.

Real Housewives of O.C. reality star Gretchen Rossi has been locked in a nasty legal battle with ex-boyfriend Jay Photoglou and when she failed to appear in court on Thursday, a judge issued the warrant for her arrest and set bail at $2,500, according to RadarOnline.

The judge cut Gretchen a bit of a break by continuing the warrant until September 15, meaning she has until that date to show up in court and she won't be arrested.

What was the blonde housewife doing on Thursday in stead of being in court? Gretchen was in Las Vegas for a promotional event at Sugar Factory American Brasserie at the Paris Hotel & Casino of course.

She and Photoglou are suing one another for libel, defamation and slander.

According to Gretchen's rep this all a big misunderstanding and it's just another way for Photoglou to stick it to her:

"After Photoglou's previous attorney's dropped him last month, Jay and his new attorney set a conference date intentionally on a day they knew Gretchen would be out of town on an appearance. Gretchen's attorneys appeared on her behalf and the judge rescheduled the conference. A bench warrant is a standard part of the paper work. It is not an active warrant and only becomes active if one of the parties fails to appear on the new date. "

Drama-rific.

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'RHOC' Gretchen Rossi Sexes Up Vegas In A Teeny Bikini

Real Housewives of O.C. star Gretchen Rossi celebrated America's independence day early by hosting a pool party at the Bare Pool Lounge in Sin City (aka: Las Vegas, NV) on July 2.

Gretchen's been pretty low key since the last season of RHOC...sort of. The 32-year-old reality star/handbag designer recently had one tiny comment in regards to her co-star Vicki Gunvalson's 'deadbeat' boyfriend drama:

Simple, yet a pretty big 'Zing!'.  As much I used to dislike Gretchen, she's easily become one of my favorites & think she's pretty smokin' hot...at least body wise.

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'RHOC' Vicki Gunvalson Defends Deadbeat Boyfriend!

My mom always told me not to say anything about other people's situations because I may find myself there one day...well I'm not good at taking directions and neither is Real Housewife of Orange County Vicki Gunvalson.

It seems that the not-yet-divorced Vicki has found herself in a situation much like fellow housewife Gretchen Rossi, they both are in love with what Tamra Barney likes to call a "deadbeat". That's right, Slade Smiley isn't the only one that's been in trouble for not paying child support.

2010 court records show that Vicki's new boyfriend Brooks Ayers was in jail for not paying child support (he owed about $40,000 to two different woman) and Vicki even hand wrote a letter (2 months before filing for divorce from husband Don *gasp*) to the judge asking him to be released. Wow...

“He is not a deadbeat dad,” says Vicki. “He is a wonderful man and a wonderful father,” a very emotional Vicki told the Rumor Fix. “He has integrity and loves his children more than life. He just fell on hard times, like we all did. He works in a commission-based business as do I, and his child support payment amounts were based on when he was making a lot more money. He couldn’t pay his child support and in the state of Mississippi the laws make it very difficult.”

Sound a bit familiar? It should, that's almost the same thing Gretchen said about her boyfriend Slade and they still kept labeling him a 'deadbeat'. My, my...how the tables have turned.

But the juicy gossip doesn't end there because apparently an ex-girlfriend of Books' is claiming he and Vicki have been involved for years, if not months before she filed for divorce! Makes total sense since he's the same dude that looked a lot like Don and was all up on Vicki when she and Tamra went to Cabo for a 'girls trip' last season...remember? Yep, he's the same dude.

Vicki claims she did in fact know Brooks back in 2007 but nothing ever happened between the two. Yeah right. No wonder her daughter Brianna won't even talk to her, she probably found out she was tramping around on poor Don while they were married.

I can't wait for next season, I wonder what Tamra will have say when it comes to her BFF's boyfriend being a 'deadbeat'?

According to Vicki she and Brooks have been dating for 8 months, that's exactly the same amount of months it's been since she filed for divorce in October.

What do you think, did Vicki cheat on Don?

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