Rachel’s legal professionals are firing again.
Apr. 29 2024, Revealed 8:57 p.m. ET
Rachel Leviss’ authorized group fired again at Ariana Madix after the Vanderpump Guidelines star moved to dismiss her ex-co-star’s revenge porn lawsuit.
As RadarOnline.com beforehand reported, Leviss sued her ex-fling Tom Sandoval and Madix for revenge porn. Within the go well with, she claimed Sandoval secretly recorded sexually express FaceTime calls they’d and saved them on his telephone.
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Sandoval slammed the go well with earlier this month.
She claimed that Madix, who was in a relationship with Sandoval, uncovered their affair after discovering the movies on Sandoval’s telephone.
Leviss accused Madix and Sandoval of spreading the video round to 3rd events. She demanded unspecified damages in her lawsuit.
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Sandoval stated his ex filed the lawsuit to “prolong her fame.”
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As we first reported, Sandoval lately trashed the lawsuit. His legal professionals accused Leviss’ lawsuit of being a “thinly veiled try to increase her fame and to rebrand herself because the sufferer as a substitute of the opposite lady whereas denigrating her former buddy MADIX as a “scorned lady” and her former paramour SANDOVAL as “predatory.”
Leviss’ legal professionals, Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos, blasted Sandoval. They stated, “Sandoval’s response within the face of irrefutable proof that can be offered in courtroom is disturbing. Leveraging such claims for media consideration and perpetuating victim-blaming isn’t just deplorable however actionable.”
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Madix denied sharing the video.
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Now, Madix filed a movement to strike within the case. In accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Madix claimed to have been “devastated” after discovering the video on Sandoval’s telephone. She stated she instantly confronted her then-boyfriend.
In her submitting, Madix denied she confirmed or shared the FaceTime video with any third events.
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“In reality, Ms. Madix couldn’t have shared such footage as a result of Mr. Sandoval deleted it from her telephone inside minutes of Ms. Madix confronting him—a reality Ms. Madix acknowledged in writing 33 minutes after sending the movies to [Leviss],” her reponse learn.
Madix’s lawyer accused Leviss of searching for to “punish her and blame Ms. Madix for the detrimental response [Leviss] acquired because of her affair with Mr. Sandoval.”
As well as, they known as the lawsuit, “an abuse of the authorized course of.”
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Sandoval pleaded for all claims towards him to be dismissed.
“[Leviss] doesn’t search to vindicate any cognizable rights however to punish Ms. Madix, and deter others, from exercising their constitutionally protected proper of free speech,” the go well with stated.
Now, Freedman and Geragos, Leviss’ authorized group, fired again. They informed us, “The one factor extra laughable than Ariana’s movement is her fairytale account of how she found the connection from Tom’s telephone. In the meantime, we look ahead to cross-examining her on her declaration, as we now have irrefutable proof that the movies had been distributed.”