Tom Sandoval is facing criticism for suing Ariana Madix a year after cheating on her for months with their friend Raquel Leviss.
Madix’s lawyer, Jordan Susman, told Page Six that Sandoval, 42, is “abhorrent” for “continuing to torment” his ex-girlfriend by accusing her of accessing explicit videos of Leviss on his phone without his “authorization or permission.”
The cover band frontman also claimed in court documents obtained by Us Weekly that Madix, 39, made “copies” of the footage and sent them to “Leviss and third parties.”
Madix “is confident that a jury will see through this latest ploy and dismiss his frivolous claims,” according to her attorney.
“For Mr. Sandoval to go from begging Ms. Madix for forgiveness to blaming her for his wrongdoing speaks for itself,” Susman wrote. “He has clearly learned nothing and believes it necessary to continue torturing Ms. Madix in a vain effort to rehabilitate his image.”
The lawyer called Sandoval’s legal filing an “attempt to further shirk personal responsibility for the effects his actions have had on her and her emotional wellbeing” after “engaging in an illicit affair” and “shatt[ering] her home and stability.”
Susman accused Sandoval “knows full well what sort of privileges he and Ms. Madix shared in regard to their personal communication devices.”
The former couple’s “Vanderpump Rules” co-star, Katie Maloney, expressed a similar view while harshly criticizing him on Instagram.
“He did share his phone password with his partner at that time,” Maloney, 37, wrote in a comment. “Mans confused about how that bit works I guess. … You f–king suck dude.”
Amid the backlash, Sandoval deactivated his Instagram account, and Bravo fans have been voicing their criticisms on the Tom Tom restaurant and bar profile, which he co-owns with Tom Schwartz.
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