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Tom Sandoval slams Rachel Leviss' lawsuit as 'thinly veiled attempt to extend her fame' as he responds to legal filing

Tom Sandoval has responded to Rachel Leviss' lawsuit against him and Ariana Madix, calling it a 'thinly veiled attempt to extend her fame and rebrand herself as a victim.'

Although she has not named Bravo or production company Evolution Media in her lawsuit, Leviss asserts that they, along with other members of the Vanderpump Rules cast subjected her to 'public skewering' making her 'without exaggeration, one of the most hated women in America.' Leviss admitted her moral failure and apologized for her part in the affair, but alleged she 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.' In the March 5 episode of the reality show, which was shot several months in advance of the airdate, LaLa Kent said, 'You know what triggered me was when [Leviss] said [during the final part of the season 10 reunion], "If I don’t fall in line with Sandoval then I have nobody."

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