Raquel Leviss, 28, was granted a impermanent restraining bid against Vanderpump Rules co-star Scheana Shay, 37, Los Angeles tribunal documents obtained by HollywoodLife reveal. Her bruised look was allegedly caused by Scheana punching her successful the oculus implicit the Tom Sandoval cheating scandal past week. In photos seen below, Raquel’s near oculus appeared to beryllium somewhat discolored successful a fewer images she submitted and determination was a bloody chopped connected her eyebrow arsenic well. Raquel besides claimed successful the documents that she had “blurred imaginativeness & swelling to near eye”.
Scheana allegedly attacked Raquel successful New York City connected Thursday, March 2, erstwhile she discovered Raquel was having an matter with Tom, 39, who was successful a nine-year narration with their co-star and Scheana’s friend, Ariana Madix, 37. Scheana allegedly slammed Raquel against a ceramic partition and punched her successful her near eye, and Raquel is disquieted that Scheana would bash it again. In the tribunal docs, Raquel claimed friends are telling her Scheana “doesn’t regret the carnal attack” and “would bash it again if she recovered that further affectional distress was caused to” Ariana. The onslaught occurred conscionable hours aft Raquel and Scheana appeared connected Andy Cohen‘s Watch What Happens Live.
The impermanent bid forces Scheana to enactment 100 feet distant from her co-star. Raquel primitively filed for the restraining order connected Tuesday, March 8 successful Los Angeles, and besides submitted a constabulary study to the New York City Police Department. HollywoodLife reached retired to Raquel’s typical successful an effort to corroborate the matter, but did not instantly perceive back. It is not wide however agelong the restraining bid volition last, but it could origin filming for Vanderpump Rules to beryllium rather difficult. Andy Cohen, 54, announced connected Monday connected Radio Andy that the reunion for Season 10 — which debuted connected Feb. 8 and is presently airing — is taping successful astir 2 weeks. “This is simply a reunion that’s going to be…I’m girding my loins,” helium noted astatine the time.
Although Scheana has not spoken publically astir her alleged altercation with Raquel, she has shown her support for Ariana connected Instagram. On March 5, she took to the ‘gram to station a photo of her and Ariana posing connected the carpet for Watch What Happens Live and captioned the pic, “Always got your back!” with a punching emoji. She besides utilized a “Team Ariana” hashtag.
Ariana has not spoken astir her heartbreak but is leaning connected her friends Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, and former VPR prima and Tom’s ex Kristen Doute for support, according to Page Six. “Ariana has recapped what happened with her friends and castmates, the bulk of whom are disappointed Tom seems incapable to instrumentality accountability for his actions oregon explicit important remorse,” an insider revealed to the publication.
Meanwhile, Tom has made 2 nationalist apologies and Raquel has made one. Tom primitively admitted guilt by apologizing to his Schwartz & Sandy’s barroom and edifice household — including portion proprietor and co-star Tom Schwartz (who made headlines for kissing Raquel past year) — for the embarrassment helium caused. He past followed up with different connection connected March 7 to code his erstwhile longterm girlfriend. “I privation to archetypal and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve wounded done this process. Most of all, I privation to apologize to Ariana,” helium began. “I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that wounded idiosyncratic I love. No 1 deserves to consciousness that symptom truthful traumatically and publicly.”
“I tin lone ideate however devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone astir us,” the restaurateur continued. “I consciousness truly horrible astir that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I ne'er meant to disappoint truthful galore people, including our loving families and friends. My emotion for Ariana was stronger than immoderate camera could person ever captured. Some of our champion times unneurotic were ne'er filmed. The aforesaid goes for immoderate of our biggest struggles. I privation things happened successful a antithetic bid and our narration was not severely tarnished, and that it ended with the aforesaid respect with for her that it began with. I owed Ariana better.”
“I americium beyond bittersweet that it ended the mode it did. The choices I made wounded truthful galore people. I acted successful a mode that clashes with who and however I privation to be,” helium added, wrapping up his post. “I volition proceed to bespeak and enactment connected myself. I person enactment to do. I ever person and I ever will.”
Raquel followed successful Tom’s footsteps and gave her ain apology connected March 8. “I privation to apologize for my actions and my choices foremost to Ariana, and to my friends and the fans truthful invested successful our relationships,” Raquel told Entertainment Tonight. “There is nary excuse, I americium not a unfortunate and I indispensable ain my actions and I profoundly regret hurting Ariana.”
“I americium reflecting connected my choices, speaking to a counsellor and I americium learning things astir myself specified arsenic my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved,” she continued. “I person sought affectional validation done intimate connections that are not steadfast without respect for my ain well-being, sometimes negatively affecting others and often prioritizing the intimate transportation implicit my friendships. I americium taking steps to recognize my behaviour and marque healthier choices.”
In an effort to support herself, she added, “Although I chose to beryllium connected a world amusement accepting the bully and atrocious that comes with it, beyond my ain enactment I person been physically assaulted, mislaid friendships, received decease threats and hatred emails successful summation to having my privateness violated.” She concluded her station by saying she wishes to absorption connected her intelligence wellness arsenic she seeks counseling truthful she tin larn “how to acceptable stronger affectional boundaries.”
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