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March 7, 2023 | 10:01 p.m.
Raquel Leviss has filed for a temporary restraining order against ‘Vanderpump Rules’ co-star Scheana Shay after facing backlash over her affair with Tom Sandoval.
The reality star filed the paperwork on Tuesday, however, it’s unclear why she’s seeking court-ordered protection or whether a judge granted the request.
Page Six has reached out to reps for Shay and Leviss for comment.
The filing comes after a source told Page Six that Shay and Leviss got into a “heated confrontation” outside a bar last week when Sandoval’s girlfriend Ariana Madix found sexually charged texts and videos. statements from the 28-year-old on the singer’s phone.
“After recording ‘Watch What Happens Live,’ Scheana and Raquel went out for a drink with friends,” an insider told Us on Saturday.
“Sometime in the night, Scheana lost Raquel and then found her outside the bar on the phone with Ariana, who Scheana could hear bawling.”
When Shay, 37, asked Leviss to explain what was going on, she finally opened up about the affair which led to a very heated exchange before the two women “went back to the hotel separately”.
While Shay has been very outspoken about his support for Madix since then, Leviss has remained silent on the matter – despite threatening to sue some of his ‘VPR’ co-stars.
Leviss has asked his attorneys to send a legal letter to his cast members asking them to delete the reality star’s intimate video found on Sandoval’s phone.
Leviss asked his now haters to stop sharing the video, saying it was recorded “illegally without his knowledge or consent”, according to TMZ.
They also cited a California law against revenge porn, which makes it a crime to invade someone’s privacy by spreading “non-consensual pornography.”
However, a source exclusively tells Page Six that the video hasn’t been released among the cast and claims no one has seen it besides Leviss, Sandoval and Madix.
Despite the ongoing drama, Leviss still follows Shay on Instagram — however, Shay has since unfollowed her former friend.
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Prior to news of the affair, the two had grown close, even joking that they were both “the other woman” in Shay’s recent YouTube vlog.
“So next on ‘Vanderpump Rules’, what can we expect?” Shay asked her pal, claiming to be a late-night TV host.
To which Leviss replied sarcastically, “A date with a guy named Oliver who has a wife…I was completely misled so we’ll see this all unfold.”
Shay, who had an affair with Eddie Cibrian while still married to Brandi Glanville, replied: “I’ve been there, I’ve done that, I don’t like that.”
However, the silly banter was short-lived and news of Leviss’ affair broke hours later, marking the end of the couple’s friendship.
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