Vicki Gunvalson Sues Advisor Over Reputation Damage

star Vicki Gunvalson is countersuing a financial advisor, claiming he lied and encouraged a mutual client to sue her over alleged elder abuse.

The reality star, 64, alleged that Gary Vyneman's badmouthing caused her to lose business and led to her being sued for millions of dollars, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Mail.

Diane Field, then 74, in late May 2024, accusing the celebrity insurance broker and her business partner, Ali Hashemian, of fraud, negligence and elder abuse in relation to life insurance policies and annuities.

Gunvalson vehemently denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

In her countersuit, Gunvalson claimed Vyneman convinced Field that the Bravo star had given her shady advice and sparked the elder abuse lawsuit. Gunvalson said she exercised good judgment when it came to Field's money. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Gunvalson for comment and has yet to hear back.

Field said in her lawsuit, which was filed in the Superior Court of California in Orange County, that Gunvalson and Hashemian misled her amid a series of financial dealings, according to court documents.

Gunvalson, her company Coto Insurance & Financial Services and Allianz Life Insurance Company were named in the lawsuit.

Field said in legal documents that she and her late spouse George Field had $6 million in assets as result of investing in stocks and funds following an inheritance from her mother, who passed away in 2002.