Tom Sandoval

The upcoming 12th season of Vanderpump Rules could be its last due to salary disputes and seemingly unresolvable conflicts among various cast members. Sources tell DailyMail.com that producers have even started auditioning fresh faces to potentially replace the current cast if needed. 'They're still negotiating with a few stars who are holding out for more money and are unwilling to compromise,' said one source.

Rachel 'Raquel' Leviss dropped some major news on what turned out to be the final episode of her podcast. The 30-year-old reality star, looking to leave the Vanderpump Rules Scandoval drama behind, announced she's shutting down her podcast after just one year-and is back in the dating scene. On Wednesday's episode of Rachel Goes Rogue, titled The Final Chapter, Leviss explained her decision. 

A shock new claim has surfaced about the future of Vanderpump Rules - after the show's next season was delayed because of the 'Scandoval' affair. Last year on the show, Ariana Madix discovered that her boyfriend of nine years Tom Sandoval was cheating on her with their friend Raquel Leviss, now Rachel. The whole cast of Vanderpump Rules was plunged into the roiling drama, which dominated the next two seasons of the show.

Does anyone believe Tom Sandoval’s explanation about what happened with that shocking lawsuit against Ariana Madix??

For those who missed the latest Scandoval drama, here’s the rundown. Last week, he filed a lawsuit against Ariana for getting “access” to the sexually explicit video of Rachel Leviss without “authorization or permission.” Sandoval then claimed the Love Island USA host made “copies” of the footage and “distributed” them to Rachel and others. He essentially sued her for finding an NSFW video that exposed his months-long affair — something she never expected to see on her boyfriend’s phone at the time! Yeesh…

Another shocking twist in the Scandoval lawsuit drama!

As we’ve been reporting — with mouths agape — Tom Sandoval sued his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix this week for accessing sexually explicit videos of Rachel Leviss on his phone without “authorization or permission.” The same ex-girlfriend he cheated on for months with the former pageant queen! He also claimed the Dancing with the Stars alum made “copies” and sent the videos to “Leviss and third parties.” Obviously a ludicrous way to describe the fact she accidentally saw a sex tape while holding her boyfriend’s phone! This comes amid the lawsuit against the former couple filed by Rachel, which also calls what Ariana did participating in “revenge porn.” We’ll remind you, she’s the one who was cheated on and definitely didn’t want or expect to see that video!

Tom Sandoval AND his girlfriend are hiding out! Sandy and Victoria Lee Robinson both deactivated their Instagram accounts before it was revealed the Vanderpump Rules star was suing his ex Ariana Madix!

As we covered, on Tuesday, the Bravo personality accused Ariana of accessing NSFW videos of him and his mistress Rachel Leviss on his phone without his “authorization or permission” back in March 2023 — exposing their affair and kicking off Scandoval. We mean, we all know this is kind of what happened, though the characterization feels off. Ariana didn’t steal and hack into the device, she stumbled upon something on her longtime boyfriend’s phone — and painting her as anything other than the victim here feels like exploiting the law to victimize her AGAIN!