John Janssen has reportedly sued his ex-girlfriend Shannon Beador for $75,000 after she allegedly borrowed the money for a facelift.
According to court papers obtained by People Friday, the businessman, 61, filed a lawsuit in the Orange County Superior Court claiming the “Real Housewives of Orange County” star breached their oral contract and is committing promissory fraud by purposely not paying him back.
He reportedly lent her $40,000 via wire transfer on Jan. 23, 2022, for the facelift and another $35,000 via personal check on May 20, 2023.
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Beador’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Janssen and Beador ‘s relationship flourished before “RHOC” cameras at the beginning of 2019. However, they called it quits in November 2022 after Season 17 was filmed.
They remained friends until last fall. Coincidentally, their friendship seemed to sour shortly after Beador was arrested for a DUI and a hit-and-run, and after Janssen got close to her former castmate Alexis Bellino.
“John Janssen and I are two people who met by happenstance,” Bellino told Page Six exclusively in November 2022. “We are discovering that we’re in similar places in our lives, as divorced parents both emerging from recent heartbreak because of relationships ending.”
Bellino, 46, and her ex-fiancé, Andy Bohn, split in September 2023 nearly three years after he proposed.
By December 2023, the “RHOC” alum and Janssen had no problem publicly packing on the PDA, and Beador admitted she was “hurt” by their romance.
“How many Orange County Housewives have there been?” she quipped to E! News at the time. “Is that your dating pool?”
Earlier this month, Janssen hinted that an engagement is on the way. He bought Bellino a $16,000 promise ring for Christmas last year.
“I cannot picture my life without her,” he said on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast.