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Scheana Shay is speaking out against Tom Sandoval following his filing of a lawsuit against Ariana Madix.
After the 42-year-old Vanderpump Rules star ran to court to accuse his ex-girlfriend of obtaining videos taken of Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 29, off his phone amid their months-long affair without his permission, Scheana took to her Instagram Story to slam his legal move as “cruel” and “vile” as Sandoval’s business partner at Schwartz & Sandy’s, Greg Morris, reacted to the case on Instagram.
“Tom Sandoval … Sh*t thing to do — after a sh*tty thing you already did. Like, what are you thinking?” Scheana began in a series of clips shared on July 17 by Reality Blurb on TikTok.
Although Scheana offered compassion to Sandoval after his and Raquel’s affair was exposed — and faced major backlash for doing so — she now sees that she was an “idiot.”
“This is not someone I wanna be friends with. This is not who I align in my values with. Call me a f*cking idiot, okay? I said it at the finale, ‘Don’t make me look like an idiot.’ Well, you did,” she admitted.
Continuing on, Scheana made it clear she was done with Sandoval as she confirmed he gave Ariana access to his phone before she caught him cheating.
“I think it’s cruel. I think it’s vile. I think it negates any remorse that he tried to show at the reunion, saying Raquel was a coward or whatever he said about her suing Ariana,” she reasoned. “Y’all were together for almost a decade. You shared a mortgage. You shared bills. You shared passcodes. Okay? She knew your password. So this invasion of privacy? F**k off.”
Scheana Shay took to her Instagram Stories on July 17 to slam Tom Sandoval’s lawsuit against his ex Ariana Madix
Also on social media following the filing of Sandoval’s lawsuit, many fans of Pump Rules called for a boycott of Schwartz & Sandy’s in comments shared on the restaurant’s Instagram page.
“Boycott the bar,” one person stated, as seen in a series of screenshots shared by Glorified Gossip Girlie.
“Boycott spaces where your money goes directly into the hands of an abuser,” shared another.
Meanwhile, someone else expressed sympathy for Sandoval and Tom Schwartz‘s business partner, Greg.
“Imagine being poor Greg just trying to run a bar, while Tom Sandoval is actively lowering the bar in so many ways, like suing your ex for finding out you were cheating,” they wrote, prompting a response from Greg.
“I’m not thrilled,” he replied.
Others said they were sorry that the business was flopping and encouraged Schwartz, 40, to “run far far away” from the businesses he shares with Sandoval, which include TomTom.
“No way you’re going to survive the latest scandal,” someone warned as others encouraged the Schwartz & Sandy’s team to “find new jobs” because Sandoval was going to see that they “lose their livelihoods.” Some even said that Sandoval was “tanking the business again” and doesn’t “give a sh*t” about Schwartz or their staff.
“The business ought to sue Sandy for tanking them with his despicable behavior,” one person said.
In another post, shared by the same Instagram fan page, Greg responded to a person who assumed he hadn’t gotten a heads-up about Sandoval’s lawsuit.
“Judging by the fact your comments are still open — Sandoval didn’t give you guys a heads up that he was going to sue Ariana and start Scandoval up all over again. [Tom Schwartz] — when [are] you going to see this guy is ruining your life and has been for YEARS? I’m actually shocked Greg hasn’t sued Sandoval yet,” the person stated.
“We had no idea,” Greg confirmed.
Vanderpump Rules season 12 is expected to go into production sometime later this year.
