Rachel Leviss Sues 'Vanderpump' Co-Stars Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix In Revenge Porn Case

Rachel Leviss filed a lawsuit Thursday against fellow “Vanderpump Rules” cast mates Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, claiming revenge porn, eavesdropping, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

“‘Scandoval’ captured the public’s attention in a massive way, went completely viral, and injected new life into ‘Vanderpump Rules,’” the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, says. “It also caused mayhem in Leviss’s life, culminating in months-long in-patient treatment at a mental health facility and her departure from the show. Fomented by Bravo and Evolution in conjunction with the cast, Leviss was subjected to a public skewering with little precedent and became, without exaggeration, one of the most hated women in America.”

About a year ago, Leviss made headlines when it was revealed that she was having a months-long affair with Sandoval. The affair shocked viewers of the reality TV show because Sandoval had been dating Madix for nearly a decade and Madix and Leviss appeared to be good friends. The lawsuit claims that Madix was aware of the affair long before it became public, and in December 2022, Madix told Leviss and Sandoval to not be so handsy and to save the storyline for Season 11.

The lawsuit says that Leviss has acknowledged that her affair with Sandoval was hurtful to Madix but 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 where then distributed, disseminated, and discussed publicly by a scorned woman seeking vengeance, catalyzing the scandal.”

“Leviss ultimately checked herself into a mental health facility and remained there for three months while Bravo,