Vanderpump Principles' Raquel Leviss Sues Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix for Revenge Porn
Vanderpump Principles alum Raquel Leviss has filed a lawsuit against Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, wherein she cites revenge porn and emotional wound among her chief complaints.
Scandoval has a brand contemporary pattern, almost exactly one 300 and sixty five days later.
Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, who turned into as soon as embroiled in the center of the scandal after she and Tom Sandoval had an affair, has filed a lawsuit against Sandoval and his ex-lady friend Ariana Madix. The Feb. 29 submitting, considered by E! News, names eavesdropping, revenge porn, invasion of privateness and intentional infliction of emotional wound as its complaints.
In part, Leviss accuses Sandoval of recording illicit videos of her with out her files, and Madix of distributing the utter material.
“Leviss is told and believes, and on such files and perception alleges,” the submitting reads, “that the particular videos were recorded by Sandoval with out her files or consent in or round February 2023. The two videos Leviss has viewed depict her in a stammer of undress and masturbating.” The submitting also alleges that Leviss has “each and each cause to assume there are additional illicit videos and/or photos” she has now not viewed.
On Madix's involvement, the doc continues, “Leviss is told and believes, and on such files and perception alleges, that Madix received no decrease than two illicit videos of Leviss and distributed them and/or showed them to others with out Leviss's files or consent.”
“At a minimum,” the submitting states, “Madix circulated the illicit videos to herself and Leviss.”
Besides to her accusations of revenge porn, the 29-300 and sixty five days-feeble also vital aspects her emotional struggles following the fallout of the scandal and amid the public lashing out against her.
“'Scandoval' injected contemporary lifestyles correct into a previously faltering series,” the submitting reads. “Attributable to a myth fomented by Bravo, Evolution [production company], and the solid, Leviss grew to alter into an object of public scorn and ridicule.”
Leviss also alleges in the submitting that she turned into as soon as “misled” by Bravo and Evolution “into believing that she turned into as soon as contractually barred from talking out” about the events on the show veil.
E! News has reached out to Bravo and Evolution Production Company—both of whom are cited in the swimsuit but now not listed as defendants—as effectively as reps for Sandoval and Madix for observation but has now not but heard support.
“As a result, she suffered in silence,” her lawsuit continues, “as Bravo and Evolution watched their viewership explode, and the the rest of the solid enjoyed unseen ranges of public recognition and expert replacement. Meanwhile, Leviss, who turned into as soon as humiliated and villainized for public consumption, stays a shell of her broken-down self, alongside with her career possibilities stunted and her reputation in tatters.”
Leviss' lawsuit comes factual earlier than the one-300 and sixty five days anniversary of Leviss and Sandoval's affair changing into public files in March 2023.
For a beefy breakdown of the full lot that went down on the moment, protect studying.
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After Tom Sandoval's dramatic relationship with co-megastar Kristen Doute came to an finish, Ariana Madix joined the solid of Vanderpump Principles in season two. At the time, Kristen alleged that Tom and Ariana had curved up whereas she and Tom were tranquil collectively. “I'm smarter than you,” Ariana infamously replied. “I'm prettier than you. Rating the f–ok over it.”
Both Tom and Ariana denied the allegations, though he later admitted that the pair had made out in a pool whereas they were both in Las Vegas.
At some stage in the season two reunion, Tom and Ariana confirmed that they were relationship. “We've positively been striking out,” Tom mentioned. “And things had been gargantuan.” On the identical evening the episode aired, both SUR bartenders made their relationship Instagram first price.
Kristen mentioned in season three that a girl reached out to her on Instagram claiming to possess curved up with Tom whereas he turned into as soon as in Miami with Jax Taylor and Tom Schwartz. Kristen even brought the lady into SUR to confront Tom and Ariana, however the couple didn't take hold of the allegations severely, with Tom denying he cheated on Ariana.
After assembly DJ James Kennedy at a New 300 and sixty five days's Eve occasion, class pageant contestant and pupil Raquel Leviss made her VPR debut in the season five premiere. Two years, later, the couple moved in collectively, regardless of plenty of girls who labored at SUR alleging that they curved up with James whereas he turned into as soon as relationship Raquel. At the time, James denied the claims. After she began working at SUR as a waitress, Raquel grew to turn correct into a Vanderpump Principles series regular in season 9.
Tom and Ariana offered their first dwelling collectively in Valley Village, Calif., in a roundabout procedure transferring out of the West Hollywood condominium that infamously might perhaps well furthermore now not possess the air conditioner and microwave working on the identical time with out inflicting a energy outage.
The couple bought the five-mattress room, five-and-a-half of lavatory, 4,500-sq.-foot farmhouse-trend property for factual over $2 million, in accordance to Bravo TV.
To pop the quiz to Raquel, James staged a a Coachella-themed proposal, which turned into as soon as documented by Bravo's cameras and aired in October.
“James proposed on the enduring Empire Polo Fields of 'RACHELLA' Friday evening…,” Raquel wrote on Instagram. “And I mentioned YES! I'm over the Coachella moon.” James also announced the info on social media, writing, “THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, mentioned yes.”
It turned into as soon as later printed in the middle of an episode of VPR that Tom Sandoval helped pay for the account for engagement. “James and I spoil up the $25k,” he explained, “because of nothing brings me more joy than to support a friend produce a dream that they’ve.”
After five years collectively, James and Raquel ended their engagement, factual one week after filming the season 9 reunion.
“After these 5 wonderful years we had collectively, we made up our minds now we possess two diversified targets and made the decision to name off the engagement,” the broken-down couple mentioned in a joint assertion on their separate Instagram pages. “We love each and each diversified very unprecedented, but we aren't in love anymore. We need nothing however the particular for every and each diversified so please protect any tips obvious.”
Raquel later printed why she chose to finish their relationship.
“It turned into as soon as attending to the level the place my family and him weren’t meshing effectively,” she explained in the middle of he Jan. 7 episode of the Scheananigans with Scheana Shay podcast. “The ability ahead for Thanksgivings and Christmases and holidays turned into as soon as taking a gaze adore it turned into as soon as going to be either James or my family,” she mentioned. “Particularly love if we had a little bit one. Foreseeing this future and what it turned into as soon as all coming all of the procedure in which down to and I turned into as soon as love…I don't need that.”
For his part, James went Instagram first price with his contemporary lady friend Ally Lewber in March 2022, who’s now featured on the show veil.
One month after Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz announced they were breaking up after 12 years collectively, it turned into as soon as reported that Schwartz turned into as soon as spotted making out with Raquel on the Coachella.
Alternatively, the Schwartz & Sandy's co-proprietor turned into as soon as quick to self-discipline the document straight. “Guys abominate to interrupt it to you but I wasn't at Coachella,” he tweeted on the time.
Raquel did support the tune festival and posted photos on Instagram posing with Tom Sandoval and Ariana. “I'm on an island,” she captioned a selfie with Sandoval.
Even supposing it turned into as soon as Scheana Shay's tall day when she married Brock Davies at a lavish wedding in Cancun, Mexico, rumors of a makeout session between Schwartz and Raquel on the ceremony dominated headlines. Pictures from the trailer for season 10 confirmed the hookup came about and Schwartz admitted that his friendship with Raquel had developed into more of a “flirtationship” after the nuptials.
“We possess, love, a connection,” Schwartz suggested E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes in October. “Certain, me and Raquel possess gotten unprecedented closer. I in actuality possess a gargantuan appreciation for her. I've gotten to perceive her, and I've gotten to survey all these diversified facets of her personality I didn't know existed…I didn't know the procedure in which f–king humorous Raquel is—and witty.”
Amid her ongoing rift with Katie referring to her relationship with Schwartz, Raquel's decision to place on a TomTom sweatshirt to BravoCon on Oct. 17 created questions.
“Correct came right here to claim that the no 1 cause I wore this TomTom sweatshirt on Day 3 of BravoCon turned into as soon as for the cushty vibes,” Raquel later explained on Instagram. “I also wore it to enhance BOTH of the Toms and inspired of us to forestall by their gross sales place to test out the the rest of the adorable merch. I in actuality respect supporting my mates and being cushty on the identical time.” She also added the hashtags “sue me” and “no 1 Tom Stan.”
Then, for Halloween, Sandoval dressed up as Raquel at BravoCon, wearing the sweatshirt, a blonde wig and shades. In an Instagram Legend, he shared a listing of himself in costume with the caption, “Raquel has bought to forestall showing up to TomTom it's embarrassing.”
Ariana addressed the speculation that she and Tom possess an “launch relationship,” which turned into as soon as teased in the explosive season 10 trailer.
“We dont possess an launch relationship. i'm in actuality now not that cool. belief that turned into as soon as glaring,” she tweeted after the preview dropped, including that “bisexual ≠ polyamorous.”
Raquel's hookup with Tom Schwartz turned into as soon as addressed in the sneak look, as effectively, with Raquel admitting, “I build love Schwartz plenty.” Raquel's makeout session with The Proper Housewives of Beverly Hills megastar Garcelle Beauvais' son Oliver Saunders and dates with habitual solid member Peter Madrigal also contain it into the preview.
The Bravo world turned into as soon as rocked on March 3 when it turned into as soon as confirmed that Tom Sandoval and Ariana had broken up after 9 years collectively, with an insider telling E! News that cameras were rolling on the solid on the identical time, that manner the drama will seemingly play out on the Bravo series' currently airing tenth season.
Their spoil up came after Ariana reportedly learned Tom and Raquel had been having an affair for plenty of months, with Scheana, Katie and Kristen all being photographed going over to Ariana's dwelling to console her. Besides, Kristen, who arrived with plant life and a bottle of wine, shared a selfie video of herself with Ariana on her Instagram Reviews. “I stan Ariana,” she mentioned. “Here is in staunch time.”
Tom, meanwhile, conducted at a dwell performance with his band Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras later that evening in Anaheim, Calif.
At the gig, many fans in the viewers chanted “Cheater, cheater!” as Tom took the stage, as viewed in a TikTok video. He did now not answer, but after one visitor shouted, “Ariana!” he mentioned into the mic, “We love her.” As for him, one other eyewitness suggested E! News that concertgoers also chanted “Douche” in his customary direction.
Following files of their spoil up, Ariana deleted her Instagram web page, and, regardless of speculation, Tom's procure suggested E! News solely that the fact megastar has now not moved out of his and Ariana's dwelling.
Tom Sandoval took to Instagram March 4 to take care of the backlash the workers of his restaurant Schwartz and Sandy's had been receiving for the reason that files broke.
“Hey, I fully perceive and deserve ur exasperate & disappointment in direction of me, but please leave [Tom] Schwartz, my mates and family out of this design back,” he wrote on Instagram. “This turned into as soon as a truly non-public divulge.”
Going on to claim “they did nothing defective,” Tom added, “I'm so sorry that my companions, Greg, Brett, Schwartz and our workers have to undergo for my actions. I could perhaps be taking a step support & taking a hiatus out of respect for my workers & companions. I’d like a whereas to take care of the full lot else. Sorry for the full lot.”
On March 7, Tom in a roundabout procedure publicly apologized on to Ariana amid the affair scandal. “Most of all, I’d like to dispute regret to Ariana,” the 39-300 and sixty five days-feeble wrote in a March 7 assertion shared to Instagram. “I made mistakes, I turned into as soon as selfish, and made reckless decisions that trouble any individual I love. No one deserves to in actuality feel that trouble so traumatically and publicly.”
“I will be able to finest factor in how devastating this has been for Ariana and every person round us,” the TomTom co-proprietor continued. “I in actuality feel in actuality execrable about that. My most tasty remorse is that I dishonored Ariana. I never intended to disappoint so many folks, including our loving families and mates.”
“I’m so previous sad that it ended the ability it did,” he concluded. “I acted in a ability that clashes with who and how I’d like to be. I will continue to mediate and work on myself. I in actuality possess work to construct. I constantly possess, and I constantly will.”
Correct a pair of hours after Tom made his assertion, Raquel issued her hold public apology to Ariana. “I’d like to dispute regret for my actions and my picks main to Ariana, and to my mates and the fans so invested in our relationships,” she wrote in a March 8 Instagram assertion. “There is no excuse, I’m now not a victim and I have to hold my actions and I deeply remorse hurting Ariana.”
“I’m reflecting on my picks, talking to a counselor and I’m learning things about myself reminiscent of my patterns of codependency and dependancy to being and feeling beloved,” she continued. “I in actuality possess sought emotional validation by technique of intimate connections that have to now not wholesome with out regard for my hold effectively-being, as soon as quickly negatively affecting others and essentially prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I’m taking steps to protect shut my habits and contain healthier picks.”
Tom and Raquel's boss Lisa Vanderpump sat down for a present-all interview with Andy Cohen on March 8's Watch What Happens Are dwelling, admitting she turned into as soon as “gobsmacked” and “flabbergasted” by the info. “I point out, actually, no phrases,” she mentioned. “I didn't ogle it coming. No one saw it coming.”
LVP added the “most fine” a part of the scandal is their affair had “been going a truly lengthy time” with out anybody lustrous.
Sharing an update on Ariana, Lisa mentioned “Devastated. Masses of tears. Ariana turned into as soon as constantly that drag-or-die lady friend. It appears to be like love Raquel turned into as soon as the drag lady friend and she turned into as soon as the die lady friend—now not factual.”
With many fans tranquil questioning when exactly Tom Schwartz learned about his BFF's affair with Raquel, the TomTom co-proprietor broke his silence to TMZ on March 11.
“Genuinely, I'm factual sad, you respect, about the detrimental affect it's had on our trade,” he mentioned. “But I mediate cooler heads will prevail and I'm factual gonna protect on conserving on.”
As for a ability Sandoval is doing amid the backlash, he added, “He's k, I mediate. He has a sense of profound disappointment, rightfully so. I mediate he feels love a fragment of s–t and to a diploma, presumably he is. He is aware of he f–ked up and your total divulge is factual in actuality sad.”
At some stage in a March 15 appearance on Watch What Happens Are dwelling, Katie Maloney printed she “wasn't disquieted” by the Tom-Raquel dishonest scandal sooner than including, “However the vital aspects were fine.”
She also gave an update on Ariana put up-breakup. “All things belief to be, she's in a factual headspace,” Katie shared. “She's caring for herself. I saw her the day prior to this, and we're furious. She's furious.”
After nearly two weeks of staying tranquil on the controversy, Ariana in a roundabout procedure spoke out about the breakup in a March 15 Instagram put up.
“I’d like to explicit my most real gratitude for the outpouring of affection and enhance I in actuality possess bought from mates, family, and of us I've never even met in the final two weeks,” the 36-300 and sixty five days-feeble wrote. “After I in actuality possess felt love I couldn't even stand, you all possess given me the energy to continue and viewed me by technique of my darkest hours.”
“To claim I in actuality had been devastated and broken is an understatement,” Ariana continued. “Alternatively, I do know that I’m now not on this on my own. So a bunch of my closest mates are also grieving this loss factual now and reeling from this betrayal on so many ranges. I’m so f–king lucky to possess the particular enhance gadget on this planet and I’m hoping I will be able to repay each and each single person for the love you possess proven me.”
On March 20, Bravo printed doubtlessly the main photos of Scandoval in the season 10 midseason trailer. The cameras caught Tom and Ariana's dramatic put up-affair breakup focus on wherein she suggested him to “die” for dishonest with Raquel.
Whereas Tom admitted “I’d like we both would possess tried more difficult,” Ariana fired support with, “You don't deserve one f–king rush of mine.”
On March 23, Andy Cohen filmed the explosive VPR season 10 reunion the place your total solid confronted Tom and Raquel about their affair. A offer suggested E! News that “tensions were so excessive” in the middle of the reunion, “Andy in a roundabout procedure needed to separate two solid members sooner than a fight might perhaps well furthermore happen.”
Andy later printed on his April 3 radio show veil, “It turned into as soon as an staunch reckoning. Whereas you happen to are taking a gaze to listen to their myth, you can. Whereas you happen to are taking a gaze for them to be confronted to their face about what they've performed in what I’d bid an aggressive manner—a confrontational manner—you can accumulate it.”
Bravo printed the solid's reunion appears to be like to be on April 3, including Ariana's pink-sizzling revenge costume.
At some stage in a bombshell April 5 Watch What Happens Are dwelling interview, Tom Schwartz printed he learned Sandoval and Leviss first curved up final August sooner than things bought more serious. “From my level of learn about, it grew to alter into, love, an emotional affair,” he added, “which is tranquil spoiled.”
Schwartz claimed his BFF suggested him in January he's “in love” with Leviss, regardless of tranquil being with Madix on the time. “He's addicted,” he mentioned of Sandoval's emotions for Leviss “It's an infatuation of all infatuations.”
Better than a month after files broke about their months-lengthy affair, Raquel entered a facility to acquire mental health counseling, a offer confirms to E! News on April 14.
“Raquel and her family made up our minds months sooner than the relationship turned into as soon as found, that she wished mental health treatment and in a roundabout procedure made up our minds she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,” her procure suggested E! News. “Raquel turned into as soon as scheduled to run in pre-reunion but made up our minds she desired to carry out her filming commitment. Bravo and production were mindful and in enhance of her scramble in direction of higher mental health.”
Ariana proved she's transferring on from Tom in the middle of Coachella 2023 weekend from April 14 to 16. The fact megastar turned into as soon as spotted cuddling and making out with fitness coach Daniel Wai in the middle of the annual California festival.
At some stage in VPR's explosive season 10 finale, Tom and Raquel mentioned “I love you” for doubtlessly the main time publicly amid the fallout from the affair and even mentioned their future collectively after the scandal.
“I will be able to't predict the lengthy trip,” he shared. “Per chance things will figure out with Raquel and I, presumably they received't. But, when I kissed Raquel I felt hope, I felt love, 'Wait a minute, you're now not washed up. Your finest days aren't on the support of you, presumably they're factual foundation.'”
In one other finale bombshell, Tom admitted to dishonest on Ariana prior to his affair with Raquel.
At some stage in a coronary heart-to-coronary heart with Scheana Shay, she asked, “So diversified than Miami lady, this is doubtlessly the main time you've ever cheated on Ariana?” to which he spoke back, “There turned into as soon as one diversified time.”
Her reaction? “You're in unhappy health,” she mentioned. “Correct a random person?”
Though Tom in the inspiration acknowledged yes, he awkwardly adopted with, “Properly, no,” sooner than refusing to affirm any longer vital aspects.
The day after the finale episode, Ariana spread out about transferring on with contemporary man Daniel Wai in the middle of a TODAY show veil appearance.
“I'm enjoying myself and I’d bid I'm very happy factual now,” Ariana shared Would possibly maybe just 18. “I met him at a wedding about 10 days after all of this. And in no ability, shape or make did I run into that pondering something. I in actuality possess factual been taking things very, very sluggish and in actuality enjoying myself. And it's factual in actuality fine to possess interaction with someone who’s factual so good and kind and fine and caring.”
On Would possibly maybe just 24, VPR producer Alex Baskin formally shot down rumors that Tom and Raquel were expecting a toddler collectively amid the affair.
“The being pregnant one turned into as soon as wild,” Baskin suggested Internet page Six. “She's now not pregnant by the ability.”
At some stage in the June 7 reunion episode, Raquel came face-to-face with Ariana for doubtlessly the main time for the reason that scandal and delivered an emotional apology.
“I'm so ashamed and embarrassed that I'm even succesful of conserving this secret from any individual who has been in my nook for the reason that foundation,” she shared. “Ariana, I’m so sorry for betraying you. I will be able to't even fathom the difficulty that I've brought about you. And I in actuality had been entirely selfish and, you're factual, selfish is now not the factual note because of it doesn't even inaugurate to scream the job of pondering I in actuality had been in. It turned into as soon as a mistake.”
Ariana did now not win. “Selfish doesn’t f–king quilt it, bitch,” she fired support. “Diabolical, demented, disgusting, subhuman—initiating getting a more in-depth vocabulary to scream your f–king actions because of selfish doesn’t f–king quilt it.”
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