Vanderpump Rules star Raquel Leviss says she plans to drop the non permanent restraining order she had filed in opposition to co-star Scheana Shay, talking out in the future after the Bravo solid filmed its extremely anticipated reunion present that concerned each stars in Los Angeles.
“I can confirm that my attorney took my case off the court calendar Wednesday and is filing the appropriate paperwork requested by the court today [Friday] to dismiss the TRO from moving forward after the 29th,” Leviss instructed Entertainment Tonight on Friday. “We let the court know I will not be moving forward with a permanent restraining order. My team tried to work with Scheana on a mutually beneficial agreement hoping to get the TRO dropped earlier so we could film [the Vanderpump Rules reunion] together.”
Leviss provides, “The TRO was intended to provide a cooling-off period after I was punched but I didn’t want to continue with the permanent RO nor did I want to cause Scheana further agony and stress.”
Leviss had requested the Los Angeles Superior Court for a brief restraining order in opposition to Shay on March 2, claiming an alleged bodily assault by her co-star when news broke that Leviss had been dishonest with one other considered one of their co-stars, Tom Sandoval, who has been in a nine-year relationship with co-star Ariana Madix. Shay, who’s an in depth good friend to Madix, has denied Leviss’ declare by her legal professional (“Scheana never punched Raquel, period”).
The co-stars needed to respect the choose’s order that they continue to be 100 yards away from one another, which meant manufacturing needed to get artistic when the celebs filmed the reunion present. As THR reported, Shay and Leviss took turns sitting on host Andy Cohen’s reunion sofa, with the opposite respecting the space and watching remotely from the set.
Leviss introduced paperwork to the reunion in an try to indicate her intent to drop the restraining order, and Cohen handed Shay a printed doc that Raquel meant to file, per a manufacturing supply.
But Shay’s legal professional says the restraining order stays in place.
“The papers [from Leviss at the reunion] have no legal meaning. It was a request to dismiss a complaint or a civil lawsuit, but [Raquel] had requested a permanent restraining order, which is something completely different,” says legal professional Neama Rahmani in an announcement to THR.
Rahmani provides, “Even if [Raquel] had the correct document, which she didn’t, it wasn’t filed with the court. There is no file stamp in the top right corner. This was just another public relations stunt.”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Leviss’ legal professional for remark.
The pending authorized motion is among the many solid fallout from the Vanderpump Rules dishonest scandal that has been dubbed “Scandoval,” the place it was revealed off-camera that Leviss and Sandoval had been having a months-long affair.
Bravo had completed filming the at the moment airing tenth season, however fired up cameras once more to catch the fallout from the affair among the many solid in actual time. The season was prolonged by one episode, THR beforehand reported, with all eyes on how the reunion will play out amid the saga.
A mid-season trailer not too long ago launched teased a post-scandal sit-down between Sandoval and Madix. The remaining second of the trailer has been getting consideration, because it reveals Sandoval asking Madix, “You want anything?” to which she replies, “For you to die.”
The finale will air in May, with the reunion instantly following.
