Lisa Vanderpump RIPS INTO Rachel Leviss For Suing Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix
Lisa Vanderpump RIPS INTO Rachel Leviss For Suing Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix
Lisa Vanderpump slammed Rachel Leviss for taking aim at her ex, Tom Sandoval, and former Vanderpump Rules co-star, Ariana Madix, in a new lawsuit that involves an explicit video that was purportedly recorded and exposed without her consent.
“That’s ridiculous,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum told TMZ, on Friday.
“I think if you don’t want to have somebody share your p*rn, then don’t send it to your best friend’s boyfriend,” Vanderpump quipped, referring to Sandoval.
Leviss’ lawsuit alleged that Sandoval, 41, recorded a FaceTime video that captured her in a solo sexual moment, and that Madix went on to supposedly share it with the other cast members. The video ultimately exposed Leviss and Sandoval’s months-long affair, kicking off a scandal that was later nicknamed “Scandoval.”
Leviss’ lawyer claimed in the lawsuit that the former Bravo star “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.”
Her legal team also alleged that Leviss’ career and reputation had been trashed by the scandal.
TMZ reminded Vanderpump, 63, that Leviss was not aware that she was being recorded at the time. The restauranteur responded by joking that Madix, 38, “didn’t share” it with her.
“Why did she leave me out?” Vanderpump asked, calling the drama “all inappropriate.”
Leviss’ rep responded to Vanderpump’s reaction to the lawsuit, telling Page Six that her comments were a “disappointing choice for an executive on the show since victim shaming is a defense mechanism often used by abusers and coming from a person in a position of power can cause even further harm to a persons mental health.”
Sandoval and Madix, who split after the video was exposed, have yet to address the lawsuit. Madix denied that she ever shared the racy footage with her cast mates.
“I saw about maybe five seconds of that,” Madix told co-star, Scheana Shay, on her podcast, “Scheananigans.”
“When she sent a cease and desist to the entire cast as precaution … my lawyer responded to said precaution with very thorough, very clear information that proved and showed [my innocence].”
Vanderpump, who co-owns TomTom restaurant with Sandoval, also addressed allegations levied against Bravo exec, Andy Cohen, 55, by “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, Leah McSweeney, who accused the “Watch What Happens Live” host of snorting cocaine with various “Housewives.”
“I’ve partied with him hundreds of times in my business, in my house, in New York, I’ve never seen anything like that,” Vanderpump explained. “I would categorically say no, he wouldn’t do that.”
Vanderpump, who called the accusations “bulls**t,” added that Cohen only uses marijuana.
Multiple Bravo stars have defended Cohen in the wake of the lawsuit, including Vanderpump’s ex-bestie, Kyle Richards, who told the outlet — “I’ve never seen Andy do drugs, offer drugs or do anything inappropriate ever, ever. And I’m one of the closer ones to Andy.”
Real Housewives of New Jersey duo, Margaret Josephs and Melissa Gorga, also confirmed that they had never been offered cocaine by Cohen.
Cohen’s rep previously denied McSweeney’s “false” claims.
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