Tom Sandoval Sues Ariana Madix Over ‘Right to Privacy’ Claims [Video]

Tom Sandoval is suing his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix for allegedly invading his privacy and distributing explicit videos of him and Rachel Leviss without his permission.

On July 17, the Vanderpump Rules star, 42, filed a lawsuit against Madix, 39, for allegedly accessing his phone without his “permission” and reviewing “images, information, data, videos and/or communications” that included “FaceTime videos” between him and Leviss, the costar with whom he was having an affair.

In the complaint obtained by PEOPLE, Sandoval, 42, claimed that Madix “made copies of the data and distributed the data to Leviss and third parties without [his] authorization or permission.”

The alleged incident happened on March 1, 2023, which was just two days before PEOPLE confirmed that Sandoval and Madix had broken up after nine years together as a result of his affair with Leviss.

In the lawsuit, he claimed that Madix “invaded [his] right to privacy” through her “unauthorized and unpermitted access to, …