Raquel Leviss sued Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix.
Feb. 29 2024, Printed 12:58 p.m. ET
Raquel Leviss has filed a lawsuit towards her ex, Tom Sandoval, and his former girlfriend, Ariana Madix, over the affair that rocked the world final yr generally known as “Scandoval.” In paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Leviss — who now goes by her beginning identify, Rachel — is suing for revenge porn, eavesdropping, and invasion of privateness.
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“‘Scandoval’ captured the general public’s consideration in a large method, went utterly viral, and injected new life into Vanderpump Guidelines,” the ex-reality star’s swimsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket on Thursday learn.
“It additionally brought about mayhem in Leviss’s life, culminating in months-long in-patient remedy at a psychological well being facility and her departure from the present. Fomented by Bravo and Evolution at the side of the solid, Leviss was subjected to a public skewering with little precedent and have become, with out exaggeration, some of the hated girls in America,” she continued.
She’s suing for revenge porn, eavesdropping, and invasion of privateness over Scandoval.
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Leviss spoke in regards to the notorious night time when her months-long affair with Sandoval was uncovered, stating that “on or about March 1, 2023, Sandoval was performing along with his cowl band at Tom Tom in West Hollywood when his cellphone purportedly fell from his pocket and slid, unlocked or in any other case totally accessible, into the gang.”
She mentioned Sandoval’s girlfriend of 9 years (Madix) obtained his cellphone, searched it, “and located of Leviss.”
The ex-Vanderpump Guidelines star reiterated that the express movies — which she admitted confirmed her “in a state of undress and masturbating” — had been allegedly “recorded by Sandoval with out her information or consent.”
Leviss claimed that she fears these won’t be the one ones.
“Nonetheless, given Sandoval’s obvious observe of secretly recording their video calls, Leviss has each cause to imagine there are extra illicit movies and/or pictures of her that she has not but quickly,” she said.
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Leviss mentioned she’s nervous Tom may need extra specific movies of her.
She additionally mentioned she believes Madix “obtained not less than two illicit movies of Leviss” and “distributed them and/or confirmed them to others.” Leviss claimed, “At a minimal, Madix circulated the illicit movies to herself and Leviss. She additionally instantly knowledgeable manufacturing about what she had discovered.”
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Leviss alleged her affair with Sandoval was an open secret, claiming their relationship was “well-known to many solid members and suspected by others.”
She claimed they had been “not notably discrete,” including she believed Madix “knew about it as early as Fall of 2022.”
She claimed Ariana knew in regards to the affair as early as December 2022.
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Leviss claimed that Madix even “scolded” them for “being handsy in public, admonishing them to avoid wasting the story for Season 11” as early as December 2022.
In line with Leviss, Madix was “on the chopping block” and Vanderpump Guidelines “was dealing with an unsure future.” She insinuated that Madix and Sandoval wanted a recent plot twist.
Raquel is suing for an undisclosed quantity of damages.
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“Madix was conscious of those pressures as Sandoval, and each had been closely invested financially and reputationally within the present remaining on the air,” her lawsuit learn.
“By extension, if their relationship was already on the rocks and if Sandoval was intent on openly finishing up a bootleg affair with one other solid member, that they had each incentive to leverage these salacious threads into the storyline Vanderpump Guidelines so desperately wanted.”
RadarOnline.com has reached out to Madix and Sandoval’s reps for remark.