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Raquel Leviss Defeats Ariana Madix & Tom Sandoval’s Attempt To Get Ex-‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star’s Revenge Porn Suit Tossed Out – Update
A LA Judge still hasn't issued a ruling on attempts to gut the Reality TV star's case against her old co-stars, but he has penciled in a trial date
In an early morning hearing in downtown LA Thursday, Judge Daniel Crawley entertained arguments from lawyers on both sides on Madix and Sandoval’s moved to have Leviss’ February 29 complaint gutted under California’s free speech defending anti-SLAPP laws. “The court is in a position to readily conclude by virtue of the evidence, she has violated numerous criminal statutes, and therefore her conduct is not protected activity,” Sunshine said of Madix allegedly showing the video she discovered on Sandoval’s phone to others and the resulting Scandoval. Mentioned frequently in Leviss’ initial filing, Bravo, NBCUniversal, Andy Cohen and other Vanderpump producers are not named defendants – though the outlet, the media giant and the sharp elbowed host have all been in the dark spotlight over their machinations in the sordid underbelly of unscripted TV.
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