Andy Cohen has asked a judge to pause his lawsuit with Leah McSweeney

Earlier this year, McSweeney, 41, sued Cohen, Bravo, Shed Media and other subsidiaries for allegedly establishing a "rotted" workplace culture where cast members were pressured to consume alcohol and other drugs.

She also claimed that the defendants failed to maintain a safe working environment and accommodate her issues, including "alcohol use disorder" and "mental health disorders" in order to "create morbidly salacious reality television."

In a newly filed letter to the court, Andy and his co-defendants have asked for a pause on the case, while the judge considers the motion to dismiss.

In Touch reports that the letter states: "[Leah's] disability-related claims are based on the (false) allegations that Defendants discriminated against [Leah] by encouraging her to relapse on alcohol during filming of The Shows, directing cast members to say offensive comments to her on-camera, and declining to cast her on future seasons of 'RHONY' because Defendants purportedly prefer to depict cast members who drink alcohol, all in service of ratings. Defendants dispute these allegations.

"[Leah] only seeks money damages, and therefore would not be prejudiced by a stay. By contrast, absent a stay, the parties-and non-parties-would be required to devote substantial time and resources to discovery, despite the likelihood that Plaintiff's claims would be dismissed.

"And the fact that [Leah] has not served discovery requests in the five months since she filed the Complaint belies any suggestion of urgency."