Looks like “Real” Housewife Bethenny Frankel has some serious legal issues on her hands. Her ex-managers are suing her for $100 Million based on profits she made from her SkinnyGirl brand that she neglected to share.

Los Angeles-based Raw Talent sued the Real Housewives of New York and Bethenny Ever After star today in L.A. Superior Court. Raw co-president Doug Wald alleges he met Frankel in May 2008, as she was appearing on Real Housewives, and she expressed interest in launching her own unscripted series. He says he then helped introduce her to some agents at APA that specialize in repping reality stars.

According to the complaint, Frankel signed with APA on August 7, 2008, and also agreed orally that day to retain Wald as her personal manager and pay Raw 10 percent of her earnings (she allegedly confirmed the relationship in an e-mail sent the next day).

Wald says Frankel specifically sought out his advice because she thought the Skinnygirl cocktail was underexploited and he could help her make some money from it.

“She expressly represented that any agreement relating to the exploitation of the Skinnygirl Cocktail Brand would be commissionable under their management agreement,” the complaint says.

Wald says he then helped Frankel hook up with liquor industry veteran David Kanbar, who put together a business plan for a company that would buy the brand, use Frankel’s celebrity to help market it and sell it in two years for a hefty profit.

Shady shady! We’ll see where this one goes – but it seems hard to believe that she made $100 million off of selling cocktails? If so, I think I need to call up Bravo and see if they want to do a “Real House-Husbands of Los Angeles!”

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