{"id":122678,"date":"2024-03-01T06:08:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/rachel-leviss-sues-tom-sandoval-and-ariana-madix-for-revenge-porn-national\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T06:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:08:16","slug":"rachel-leviss-sues-tom-sandoval-and-ariana-madix-for-revenge-porn-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/rachel-leviss-sues-tom-sandoval-and-ariana-madix-for-revenge-porn-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Leviss sues Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix for revenge porn &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Last 12 months, Scandoval was tried within the courtroom of public opinion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/vanderpump-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em><\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/rachel-leviss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel (previously Raquel) Leviss<\/a> is taking the dishonest scandal to a courtroom of regulation.<\/p>\n<p>In a brand new lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Leviss, 29, accused co-stars <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tom-sandoval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Sandoval<\/a>, 40, and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ariana-madix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariana Madix<\/a>, 38, of revenge porn, eavesdropping, invasion of privateness and intentional infliction of emotional misery.<\/p>\n<p>According to leisure publication US Weekly, which obtained and seen the authorized submitting, Leviss alleges that Sandoval <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/raquel-leviss-sues-tom-sandoval-ariana-madix-for-revenge-porn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recorded a intercourse tape<\/a> of her with out her consent.<\/p>\n<p>Leviss and Sandoval infamously had a bombshell affair that got here to mild throughout Season 10 of\u00a0<em>Vanderpump Rules,\u00a0<\/em>when Sandoval was in an almost decade-long relationship with Madix. The affair \u2014 which might go on to be often called \u201cScandoval\u201d among the many present\u2019s followers \u2014 grabbed worldwide headlines in March 2023 and introduced record-breaking viewership to the present. Much of the scandal revolved across the alleged existence of a sexual FaceTime name between Leviss and Sandoval, which Leviss mentioned Sandoval recorded with out her permission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leviss is searching for unspecified damages and destruction of the intercourse tape. She has requested a jury trial.<\/p>\n<p>Sandoval and Madix have but to remark publicly on the lawsuit or the accusations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThe e-mail you want for the day&#8217;s\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10326759\/rachel-leviss-sues-tom-sandoval-ariana-madix-revenge-porn\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t prime information tales from Canada and all over the world.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>In the lawsuit, Leviss says the huge public consideration surrounding the dishonest scandal noticed her \u201chumiliated and villainized for public consumption.\u201d She argues she \u201cremains a shell of her former self, with her career prospects stunted and her reputation in tatters.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text l-inlineStories--sophi\" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\">\n<\/section>\n<p>Scandoval, in accordance with the authorized submitting, made Leviss \u201cwithout exaggeration, one of the most hated women in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leviss informed the courtroom she checked herself right into a \u201cmental health facility\u201d for 3 months as public curiosity in Scandoval exploded.<\/p>\n<p>While noting that she has apologized to Madix \u201crepeatedly\u201d for her \u201cmorally objectionable\u201d actions, Leviss, by means of her attorneys, claimed there may be extra to the story than the general public is conscious of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLost in the mix was that Leviss was a victim of the predatory and dishonest behavior of an older man, who recorded sexually explicit videos of her without her knowledge or consent, which were then distributed, disseminated, and discussed publicly by a scorned woman seeking vengeance, catalyzing the scandal,\u201d the submitting learn.<\/p>\n<p>Leviss mentioned she was \u201cmisled\u201d by reps at Bravo, the community that airs <em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em>, into believing she couldn&#8217;t publicly remark in regards to the scenario.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10327750\/brian-mulroney-death\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6P-SURREY-SCHOOL-DISTRI_OM00QPTQ.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Books pulled from B.C. district curriculum in what premier calls \u2018crazy decision\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Books pulled from B.C. district curriculum in what premier calls \u2018crazy decision\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that Bravo deliberately sacrificed Leviss for the sake of its commercial interests from its refusal to allow her the opportunity to tell her side of the story and defend herself, which she repeatedly begged for permission to do,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in 2023, Leviss additionally hit a number of of her <em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em> co-stars with cease-and-desist letters insisting they cease talking in regards to the intimate video, because it constituted a violation of California\u2019s \u201cnonconsensual pornography\u201d legal guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>(One <em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em> forged member, Lala Kent, would go on to apparently earn sufficient cash to pay the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/lala-kents-send-it-to-darrell-merch-paid-for-house-deposit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downpayment on her home<\/a> after calling out Leviss for the cease-and-desist on-line. Kent informed Leviss to ship the authorized discover to her lawyer, Darrell, then capitalized off the sale of merchandise studying, \u201cSend it to Darrell!\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Bravo, NBCUniversal and the<em> Vanderpump Rules<\/em> producers, together with Andy Cohen, should not named as defendants within the lawsuit. As of this writing, there was no public remark from any of those events, both.<\/p>\n<p>Leviss has thus far not appeared in Season 11 of <em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em>, which is at present airing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10313238_65e16cae9d90f\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10313238\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10313238\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10313238_65e16cae9d90f\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Katie Maloney of \u2018Vanderpump Rules\u2019 talks drama and twists in new season'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/vsflwey5rl-3rh5gcp855\/TMS_KATIE_MALONEY_STILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/vsflwey5rl-3rh5gcp855\/TMS_KATIE_MALONEY_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/vsflwey5rl-3rh5gcp855\/TMS_KATIE_MALONEY_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/vsflwey5rl-3rh5gcp855\/TMS_KATIE_MALONEY_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:40<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Katie Maloney of \u2018Vanderpump Rules\u2019 talks drama and twists in new season<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2024 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Last 12 months, Scandoval was tried within the courtroom of public opinion. Now, Vanderpump Rules star Rachel (previously Raquel) Leviss is taking the dishonest scandal to a courtroom of regulation. In a brand new lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Leviss, 29, accused co-stars Tom Sandoval, 40, and Ariana Madix, 38, of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-122678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}