Vanderpump Rules’ Tom Sandoval sues ex Ariana Madix for accessing ‘cheating’ video without ‘permission’

A reality TV star is suing his ex for accessing his phone without permission after she found evidence he had cheated on her with a castmate.

The fallout from Scandoval is still going strong.

More than one year after Vanderpump Rules Ariana Madix broke up with Tom Sandoval over his affair with their co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, he is suing Madix.

Sandoval accused his ex-girlfriend of “obtain[ing] access” to explicit videos of Leviss on his phone without “authorisation or permission,” Us Weekly reported.

The singer alleged that the Dancing With the Stars contestant made “copies” of the footage and “distributed” them to “Leviss and third parties,” according to court docs obtained by the outlet.

Tom Sandoval is suing his ex Ariana Madix for accessing his phone without “authorisation or permission”.

Sandoval, 42, claimed that this took place on March 1, 2023.

At the time, Madix had discovered the Tom Tom co-founder’s months-long affair with Leviss, 29, after seeing an intimate FaceTime video on his mobile phone, which Leviss later claimed he filmed without her consent.

The scandal made headlines two days later.

The drama played out on Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules and continued to be a main topic of discussion as the cast filmed Season 11 without Leviss.

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Ariana (centre) discovered Tom, here boyfriend of nine years, had been having an affair with co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss.

In the May finale, Madix, 39, refused an apology from her ex, saying he “doesn’t deserve to speak to” her and “doesn’t get access” to her.

The Love Island USA host’s lawyer, Jordan Susman, called Sandoval’s lawsuit an “abhorrent” attempt to “torture” her and “shirk responsibility for the effects of his actions” in a statement on Wednesday.

“Ms. Madix is confident that a jury will see through this latest ploy and dismiss his frivolous claims,” the lawyer told Page Six

An explicit video on Tom’s phone exposed his months-long affair with Raquel.

Sandoval’s lawyer issued a response on Wednesday, labelling his actions as a “cross complaint” against the lawsuit Leviss filed against him and Madix earlier this year.

Matthew Geragos told Us Weekly, “This customary legal action was crucial to ensure that liability, if any, is fairly distributed based on the actual level of involvement and fault of each party. We aim to resolve this legal dispute with upmost respect towards all parties involved.”

In February, Leviss accused her former friends of revenge porn, eavesdropping, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

Ariana (right) considered Raquel as one of her best friends before the betrayal.

Leviss claimed Madix messaged her “two screen recorded videos and a text that said, ‘You’re dead to me,’” which left the former pageant queen “terrified” her co-star would “leak” the videos online.

After the affair went viral, she sought treatment at a mental health facility in Arizona.

Her court filing pointed out the “public recognition and professional opportunity” her fellow cast members received in the wake of the scandal, noting that she “remains a shell of her former self, with career prospects stunted and her reputation in tatters.”

Although Sandoval filed to dismiss the lawsuit in April, a Los Angeles judge granted the Rachel Goes Rogue podcast host the right to continue suing him.

Madix, for her part, has denied the claims and called them “an abuse of the legal process.”

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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