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Ariana Madix deed backmost astatine Raquel “Rachel” Leviss’ revenge porn lawsuit, accusing her ex-friend of trying to seek vengeance for Scandoval.
Per tribunal documents obtained by Page Six, nan “Vanderpump Rules” star’s lawyers claimed Leviss “seeks to punish” and “blame Ms. Madix for nan antagonistic guidance [Leviss] received arsenic a consequence of her matter with” Tom Sandoval.
The documents allege that Leviss’ suit is “an maltreatment of nan ineligible process” and “does not seek
to vindicate immoderate cognizable rights” but attempts to forestall group from practicing free speech.
Madix’s lawyers requested Leviss’ suit beryllium “stricken” down, adding she should besides “be awarded her attorneys’ fees and costs.”
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The “Rachel Goes Rogue” podcaster, 29, filed nan suit in nan Los Angeles Superior Court against Madix, 38, and Sandoval, 40, successful February, accusing them of revenge porn, intentional infliction of affectional distress, eavesdropping and penetration of privacy.
Leviss, who engaged successful a months-long affair pinch nan Tom Tom proprietor while he was dating Madix, based on he recorded an friendly FaceTime telephone betwixt them without her consent, showing her successful a “state of undress and masturbating.”
The erstwhile pageant queen past alleged nan “Dancing With nan Stars” alum came crossed nan video on her then-boyfriend’s telephone and screenshot them onto her ain device, adding she was “terrified Madix would leak them” because Madix “hated her courage and was retired for blood.”
Madix’s lawyers went connected to explicate she recovered retired astir nan matter “in nan worst imaginable way” erstwhile she found nan activity video connected nan “Tom Sandoval and nan Most Extras” frontman’s telephone during his show successful West Hollywood, Calif., connected March 1, 2023.
The Bravo prima was “devastated and instantly confronted” Sandoval astir his affair, nan filing reads. She besides sent Leviss a matter that read, “you’re dormant to me” on pinch nan video.
Per nan filing, Madix didn’t “share aliases show immoderate of nan video footage she found” because Sandoval instantly deleted them disconnected her telephone while they were discussing nan ungraded successful an state down nan performance venue.
In abstracted documents obtained by Page Six, Madix wrote, “I did not nonstop nan videos to anyone other … I only saw nan video of [Leviss] masturbating successful places secluded from others — unsocial successful nan bath stall and successful nan alley pinch Mr. Sandoval.”
“A heated statement ensued betwixt maine and Mr. Sandoval, and Mr. Sandoval forcibly grabbed my telephone from my hands, causing my in installments cards and driver’s licence to autumn to nan pavement,” she continued.
“I quickly grabbed my cards disconnected nan pavement and chased aft Mr. Sandoval, who had further distanced himself from nan club. By nan clip I caught up to him, Mr. Sandoval had deleted from my telephone nan videos I had recorded of nan Facetime video.”
Reps for Leviss weren’t instantly disposable to Page Six for comment.
Meanwhile, Sandoval responded to Leviss’ lawsuit earlier this month, slamming nan filing arsenic a “thinly cloaked effort to widen her fame and to rebrand herself arsenic nan unfortunate alternatively of nan different woman.”
According to documents obtained by Page Six, his lawyers alleged Leviss was attempting to represent him arsenic “predatory” and Madix arsenic a “scorned woman.”
The lawyer besides claimed Leviss’ podcast is an effort “to further crook nan narrative to her will.”
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Sandoval’s lawyers besides based on that Leviss “created” and “published” their recorded FaceTime session, explaining it to beryllium a consensual exchange.
“Based connected Leviss’ ain allegations, Sandoval simply saved backstage copies of nan videos that Leviss had filmed and shared pinch him,” nan filing reads.
At nan time, Leviss’ lawyers slammed Sandoval’s consequence to nan suit, telling Page Six, “Sandoval’s consequence successful nan look of irrefutable grounds that will beryllium presented successful tribunal is disturbing. Leveraging specified claims for media attraction and perpetuating victim-blaming is not conscionable deplorable but actionable.”
In her original suit, Leviss took afloat work for his matter pinch Sandoval while he was successful a 10-year narration pinch Madix. However, she insisted location was “more to nan story.”
The title reads, “Lost successful nan operation was that Leviss was a unfortunate of nan predatory and dishonest behaviour of an older man, who recorded sexually definitive videos of her without her knowledge aliases consent, which were past distributed, disseminated and discussed publically by a scorned female seeking vengeance, catalyzing nan scandal.”
Aside from seeking compensatory, special, wide and consequential damages, nan Bravo alum is besides requesting Sandoval and Madix halt nan distribution and destruct each copies of her alleged video.
