Rachel Leviss is suing Tom Sandoval and Ariana Maddox
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Anonymous
I added the info later on. Did you not read the whole thread? |
Anonymous
| The suit has merit. I hope she wins |
Anonymous
That's it? Did she publish it? |
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She didn’t send it to herself. She was filmed without consent. She was repeatedly defamed and destroyed on national TV.
I don’t understand why anyone can come after someone over adultery. It’s not a crime federally or in CA. The populace behaved like a mob towards her. The bigger issue is getting any $$$ out of Adriana and Tom. I suspect they won’t sell the house now to protect the assets. |
Anonymous
This wasn’t defamation without merit. She did cheat and do all the things they said she did. So did Tom. I guess the revenge porn angle is different but your argument about being defamed and destroyed seems off- she chose to have an affair and sign on to a reality tv show. |
Anonymous
| She had an intimate affair with a friend’s partner. So fing what? You don’t get to tar and feather her and act like a mob! It’s not a Scarlet Letter and 18th century. Shame on you! |
Anonymous
I think you’ll find that you’re horribly wrong. What she did isn’t wrong by any definition of the law. What they did is very wrong by every definition of the law. I assume she can’t sue Andy and Bravo contractually, but hopefully she sues every one of the others. I watched with shock how the country lined up to metaphorically “stone” the beautiful “adulteress”. Take this behavior back to the backwater it belongs. |
Anonymous
| No she did not. You’re acting out of secret fear you could be cheated on too. It’s not illegal and you likely will, so what?! |
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“On or about August 10, 2022, Leviss and Sandoval began sleeping together. The affair continued apace as Sandoval’s relationship with Madix further deteriorated. Although purportedly secret, the affair was, in fact, well-known to may cast members and suspected by others. Leviss and Sandoval were not particularly discrete. Leviss is informed and belies, and on such information and belief alleges, that Madix knew about it as early as the Fall of 2022. Indeed, in December of 2022, Madix scolded Leviss and Sandoval for being handsy in public, admonishing them to save the story for Season 11,” the lawsuit states.
The new complaint questions the narrative of how Madix first obtained the video. It says the phone purportedly fell from Sandoval’s pocket and slid, “unlocked or otherwise fully accessible,” into the crowd, where a concert attendee was able to retrieve it and hand it to a waiting Madix, still unlocked, giving her the opportunity to search the device. Leviss says she was with another cast member, Scheana Shay, in New York when Madix texted her in response to finding the video. The text read, “you are DEAD TO ME,” and arrived with two videos of Leviss from Sandoval’s phone. Leviss alleges that Shay reacted to the revelation by “shoving” her into a wall and “punching her in the face.” (Shay is not a named defendant in the lawsuit and previously denied punching Leviss.) Two days later, on March 3, 2023, the first reports of the affair appeared on TMZ.com, with anonymous sources apparently talking about the videos with other tabloids, the lawsuit says. Leviss says producers asked her to film with Sandoval hours later on March 4, 2023. “With cameras rolling, Leviss confronted Sandoval for secretly recording pornographic videos of her and storing them unprotected on his phone,” the lawsuit states. “Sandoval responded to Leviss’ fury with cowardice and lies, claiming falsely that he had obtained permission to record her. Seeing that Leviss was having none of it, however, Sandoval ultimately offered a reluctant admission and sheepish apology.” Leviss alleges Sandoval was “clearly rattled” by the exchange and successfully buried the exchange by threatening to cease all filming for the show unless he was given editing rights to the scene. “The scene was selectively edited to omit any mention of Sandoval’s illicit recording or Leviss’ lack of consent,” the lawsuit states. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/raquel-leviss-sues-tom-sandoval-ariana-madix-vanderpump-rules-scandoval-1234978517/ |
Anonymous
| I don’t know how ANYONE could have stomached let alone participated on tarnishing of a young woman for having an affair in the 21st century. Uneducated mob |
Anonymous
I don't know these people, but based on this excerpt, Madi didn't do anything actionable, just Sandoval and Shay. |
Anonymous
She should not have cheated, but it was an affair between two consenting adults. She apparently did NOT give consent to be recorded during a sex act, and she most certainly did NOT give consent for that video to be disseminated. Do you get consent? Do you understand that it is illegal to record and disseminate without consent? |
Anonymous
I think some of you are ignoring a major reason why people reacted the way they did. They didn’t line up to stone the beautiful adulteress as one PP said just because she cheated with someone else’s partner. She was close friends with his partner, someone who had befriended her, defended her to other cast mates. She had insinuated herself into this woman’s life, asking her personal questions about their relationship and fishing for information about their sex life, their fights, etc. As much as people were turned off by the affair itself, they were equally repulsed at how she treated Ariana. A question about the legal part, though. Since Ariana sent it only to herself and not to any other people or web sites, does that meet the legal definition of dissemination? |
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So what?
They absolutely lined up to stone her. |
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But she didn’t. She sent it back to Raquel. She at least played it for friends. She certainly sent it I’m sure. Either way, I think all her gains will be spent on lawyers and the house sale is moot. She got exactly what she deserved for her witch hunt and mean girl possee
I just wish she stuck with assault for Seanna |