Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval have responded to Rachel Leviss’ lawsuit, which includes claims of revenge porn, eavesdropping, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress stemming from the “Scandoval” scandal on Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules last year.
Madix filed a declaration on Friday citing California’s anti-SLAPP law, which protects against frivolous lawsuits. She recounted how she discovered an affair between her then-boyfriend Sandoval and Leviss, noting that she found a video of Leviss masturbating on Sandoval’s phone. Madix stated that while she made a copy of the video, she never shared it with anyone, including production. When she confronted Sandoval about it, he deleted the copy.
“I did not send the videos to anyone else. Nor did I share, display, or show the videos to anyone else,” Madix said in the declaration. “To be clear, I only saw the video of plaintiff masturbating in places secluded from others.”
Sandoval, on the other hand, filed a motion to strike portions of Leviss’ lawsuit that addressed how the explicit video was obtained. According to Sandoval, the videos were created and shared by Leviss to Sandoval via a consensual exchange on Facetime. He argued that Leviss’ lawsuit is an attempt to extend her fame and rebrand herself as the victim.
In her lawsuit, Leviss claimed that the scandal caused her significant distress, leading to months-long in-patient treatment at a mental health facility and her departure from the show. She criticized Bravo for not allowing her the opportunity to tell her side of the story and defend herself, which she repeatedly requested.
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