By LawInspectsIf you have watched Vanderpump Rules, the TV show at some point in your life, then you must already be familiar with Ariana Madix’s name. There, she actually worked for around 10 years straight with this guy named Tom Sandoval, and if you’ve watched the show, you wouldn’t have a hard time remembering him. Things were kinda going smoothly up until 2023, but then, that year, Ariana actually found something pretty suspicious on Tom’s phone. And just so you know, we’re talking about some private stuff here, something that involved another cast member named Rachel Leviss.
There was clear video proof on Tom’s phone that there was something going on between Tom and Rachel for months straight, all behind Ariana’s back. This whole thing actually later turned out to be a famous Ariana Madix Lawsuit, and adding to it, there was another lawsuit down the line. So, if you are someone who keeps up with such news and wants to know whatever is going on here, well, just keep on reading. We’re about to get down to the specific details of this case.
Wait, Tom Sued Ariana? Yup, That Really Happened
Sure enough, as you might have seen it coming from miles away, yes, when Ariana found those private videos, this whole cheating thing became public and things went kinda out of hand. That was back in July 2024, something kinda unexpected happened, it was Tom Sandoval who went on to file a lawsuit against Ariana. Why? What exact wrongdoing was she involved in? Well, as per the details of his filing, you see, he claimed that she looked through her phone without even asking for his permission, and that’s how she saw those private videos of him and Rachel. And for those who don’t know yet, yes, it is a clear breach of the privacy laws in the country, so no doubt, his claim was legit.
That wasn’t the only claim we got to see, nah, he went on to even claim that back in March 2023, when Ariana wrongfully accessed his phone, she even went on to make copies of that private stuff. As per Tom, she even sent those videos to some other people in his contacts too. And this is where it gets super wrong because accessing someone’s phone without permission is one thing, but when you share private stuff like that with other people, like explicit stuff, and that too without consent, it is a big violation of the law.
But after all this became public, like the lawsuit details, we went on to find out that Tom said that he didn’t want to sue Ariana in the first place; it was actually his lawyer who talked him into it. But that was a thing of the past; the lawsuit was filed, it was made public, and things happened. And as you can already imagine, Ariana’s lawyer countered this saying that this was just another attempt to hurt Ariana on an emotional level. Nothing else!
Rachel Leviss Got In on the Ariana Madix Lawsuit Action Too
And when you think that this legal drama will be over soon or will be settled outside the court, we got to saw another lawsuit. Not by Tom. Not by Ariana. But it was Rachel Leviss, suing Tom and Ariana both. And yes, that was back in February 2024. Since the private stuff on Tom’s phone actually involved Rachel, with this lawsuit, she went on to say that all of this drama that is now public has caused her great emotional pain, and her private life isn’t private anymore. As per the details of this new lawsuit in the picture, you see, she accused both of them of things such as sharing the revenge porn, which is when such private videos are shares precisely to hurt someone’s reputation and cause them emotional pain on another level. All she is saying is that she was going on about her life, and this thing came down on her like hell, and now her life is turned completely upside down.