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Heather Gay claimed her ex-co-star Monica Garcia now owes her $60,000. Monica clapped back and shared more details behind their legal drama, two years after Heather’s company sued her.
In November 2024, a judge reportedly ordered that Monica pay $35,853.60 to Heather’s med spa, Beauty Lab + Laser, where Monica had injections she failed to pay for. Heather and Monica co-starred on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City for one season before Monica exited the show.
On Housewives Nightcap, Heather was asked if Monica ever paid the $35,000.
“No, and it’s now upwards of I think like [$60,000], and it just grows every day,” Heather answered. “But we have a summary judgment and … eventually we’ll get paid. But it’s important to pay your bills.”
The host added, “I would imagine you would never want to film with her again.”
Heather responded, “She’s not my friend, and she’s not in my life, and she’s certainly not a customer of Beauty Lab. So I don’t know how I would.”
After Heather’s interview, Monica shared her thoughts.
“There are multiple things at play here. First and foremost, I just want to clear this up because this is important — the bill with Beauty Lab and Laser was never $35,000,” said Monica on Carlos King‘s Reality with The King podcast. “People are getting this confused, and I obviously have heard [Heather’s] interview. I had several people send it to me. And they’re getting that confused, like how does someone get $35,000 worth of Botox? You don’t. I didn’t. The bill was $2,000.”
“This is literally all stemming from $2,000. The $35,000 number is what she is saying with lawyers’ fees and all this kind of [stuff] — that’s the number she’s asking for,” Monica added. “That is not the bill. The bill was $2,000 of that $35,000 total. The rest — you know, $33,000, whatever — is lawyers’ fees and whatever.”
Last November, the U.S. Sun reported on the judgment.
“Plaintiff is entitled to recover all future collection costs, court costs, and attorney’s fees incurred in enforcing and collecting this judgment,” said the filing.
Monica’s lawyer, Larry Reed, commented at the time, “The amount of fees sought by plaintiff is greatly excessive in view of the amount in dispute in this action … [the principal amount was] only 13% of the Small Claims limit of $15,000. … An appeal will be filed. We are confident.”