Below Deck Down Under: Jamie accuses Aesha and Brittini of ‘bullying’

Below Deck Down Under has become embroiled in a bullying scandal.

Jamie Sayad, the show’s bosun, has accused deckhand Brittini Burton and chief stewardess Aesha Scott of ‘bullying’ him by repeatedly calling him a ‘b***h’ on the series, despite his many requests that they stop.

Jamie took to Instagram this week to post a seven-minute video about the incident, which has become a major storyline on the yachting show.

‘Two of these people decided to bully me,’ he said, referring to Brittini and Aesha.

‘These people have now since taught me that I can’t trust them as much as I was hoping,’ he continued.

‘Brittini and Aesha used it on me in a bullying way and I don’t accept that, especially after I’ve told them, I’ve set a boundary and said, “Please don’t use that on me.”  

‘It doesn’t matter what it is, I’ve set a boundary. And I thought they were going to respect that. It made me feel uncomfortable and it hurt me to know that it was coming from Brittini and Aesha, two people I had confided in.’

First time: Jamie (left) was furious after Brittini (right) jokingly called him a ‘b***h’ while they were out drinking together at a bar 

The conflict has played out over the last few episodes of Below Deck Down Under, and started when Brittini jokingly called Jamie a ‘b***h’ during a wild night out.

‘Don’t call me b***h again,’ he snapped at her sternly.

After Brittini told Aesha about the incident, Aesha later called Jamie the B-word while he was eating alone in the crew mess.

‘Yo, b***h!’ she called out, prompting an unimpressed Jamie to look up and say: ‘I don’t like that.’

‘You’re a bit sensitive towards that,’ Aesha responded in a condescending tone. 

‘Yo, b***h!’ After Brittini told Aesha about the incident, Aesha later called Jamie a ‘b***h’ while he was eating alone in the crew mess

Rude: ‘You’re a bit sensitive towards that,’ Aesha told Jamie in a condescending tone

Aesha and Brittini later laughed about it in a taxi while heading to a bar to meet the rest of the crew, when Aesha turned to stewardess Magda Ziomek and told her to call Jamie a ‘b***h’ when they arrived.

‘Yes, b***h, Jamie!’ Magda screamed in Jamie’s direction as Brittini laughed, which infuriated him.

‘Okay, Magda. Call me that again and I’ll never talk to you again,’ he said.

‘He’s so stupid,’ said Brittini, before a furious Jamie confronted her. 

Instigating: Aesha and Brittini later laughed about it in a taxi while heading to a bar to meet the rest of the crew, when Aesha turned to stewardess Magda Ziomek and told her to call Jamie a ‘b***h’ when they arrived

Hilarious? Brittini and Aesha laughed hysterically after Jamie told Captain Jason Chambers to ask them to stop calling him the slur

‘You know exactly what I’m talking about, Brittini!’ he said. ‘Don’t f**k around. I’ve told her, and now I’ve told her, that’s three chicks, not to call me that.’

Speaking to producers in a confessional, Aesha admitted that it was ‘childish’ of her to ‘egg Magda on’ to call Jamie a ‘b***h’, even though he’d ‘asked her not to’.

The next day, Jamie reported the name-calling to Captain Jason Chambers, who then had a word to Brittini and asked her to stop. 

Upset: ‘These people have now since taught me that I can’t trust them as much as I was hoping,’ Jamie said on Instagram

Complaining to producers about Jamie telling on her to the captain, Brittini said: ‘Like, now who’s being a b***h? That was a b****y b****h move.’

Brittini and Aesha then laughed about it together, with Aesha saying: ‘He’s such a b***h!’

Despite Jamie making his feelings about the incident clear on Instagram, deckhand Benny Crawley has since come out with a video of his own to defend Brittini and Aesha.

No remorse: Speaking to producers in a confessional, Aesha admitted that it was ‘childish’ of her to ‘egg Magda on’ to call Jamie a ‘b***h’, even though he’d ‘asked her not to’

He also criticised Jamie’s leadership as a bosun, and said he was put in unsafe situations and had his work ethic unfairly criticised by Jamie throughout the show.

‘I love Brittini and I love Aesha, they haven’t got a bad bone in their body,’ Benny said.

‘We did throw that word around on deck quite often, in the interior, it was always said endearingly. It’s a famous quote or saying and it was used fairly often.

What bro code? Deckhand Benny Crawley (pictured) has since come out with a video of his own to defend Brittini and Aesha against Jamie

‘I just wanted to clear that up and make sure the girls had some support there,’ he added.

Aesha commented on the post, writing: ‘Ohhhh Benny I love youuuu thank you so so much. And you are an amazing human being, that locker IS dangerous, never loose your shine.’

Below Deck Down Under is currently available to stream on hayu in Australia.  

Tension: All the drama on Below Deck Down Under is available to stream on hayu in Australia