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Scandoval Lawsuit: Raquel Leviss’ Claims Against Tom Sandoval Survive Challenge

"Vanderpump Rules" star Raquel Leviss can proceed with privacy claims against Tom Sandoval related to NSFW video, judge rules.

Sandoval had challenged the claims in a demurrer motion, arguing that Leviss made the videos herself and voluntarily shared them with him during their secret affair while he was living with his then-girlfriend Ariana Madix, another cast member of the show. Leviss’ lawyers tell Rolling Stone they plan to remedy the issue by filing a new complaint that alleges that both Sandoval’s recording of the call and his subsequent “failure to secure” the intimate video were reckless acts that led to their client’s emotional distress. “Lost in the mix was 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 were then distributed, disseminated and discussed publicly by a scorned woman seeking vengeance, catalyzing the scandal.

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