Brittany Boltinhouse sued the Miss USA Organization, CEO Thom Brodeur, and the operators of the Miss North Carolina USA pageant after losing her crown earlier this month. The lawsuit alleges the pageant entities defamed Boltinhouse by branding her racist, homophobic, and transphobic while claiming her conservative political views were the real reason for her removal. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Boltinhouse acknowledges writing social media posts in 2017 and 2019 that repeatedly used a racial slur, but denies that the posts prove she is racist. Boltinhouse’s attorney, Patrick Mincey, says the legal fight focuses less on whether pageant officials could remove her title and more on what they allegedly said about her afterward. What Does Brittany Boltinhouse Say Really Happened? Boltinhouse claims pageant officials used the resurfaced posts as cover for a political decision tied to her support for Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk , as well as her criticism of Joe Biden ’s Transgender Day of Visibility. The filing also points to Boltinhouse’s late paternal great-grandfather, Antonio Sosa Figueroa, whom the lawsuit describes as an Afro Latino Honduran, and includes an image of his identification. The lawsuit alleges that the public fallout damaged Boltinhouse’s reputation and cost her business and professional opportunities. She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, with the amount to be determined by a jury; the defendants’ alleged conduct has not been proven in court.