Raquel Leviss’ restraining order towards Scheana Shay has put the “Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 reunion “in jeopardy.”
Shay’s lawyer, Neama Rahmani, accused Leviss of “sabotaging” the Bravo actuality present by taking authorized motion towards his shopper within the midst of the fallout from the previous pageant queen’s affair with co-star Tom Sandoval.
“It simply can’t occur in any significant method whereas this order is in place,” the legal professional informed People Tuesday of the reunion, which is at the moment scheduled to movie on March 23.
“The non permanent restraining order, because it stands now, at the moment prohibits Scheana from being inside 100 yards of Rachel, to allow them to’t each be bodily current on the reunion,” he continued, utilizing Leviss’ authorized title.
Rahmani defined that “there actually is not any mechanism to switch such a non permanent civil restraining order earlier than the [March 29 court] listening to, so the reunion, at the least having all of them collectively in individual, is definitely in jeopardy.”
He foresees one of many TV personalities showing through Zoom and the opposite attending in individual.
However, the lawyer famous, “Scheana nonetheless can’t talk with Rachel both straight or via an middleman.”
Reps for Leviss and Bravo didn’t instantly reply to Page Six’s requests for remark.
Leviss, 28, filed for a short lived restraining order towards Shay, 37, one week after information broke of the previous’s months-long affair with Tom Sandoval.
Shay has been accused of punching Leviss upon discovering out in regards to the betrayal to Sandoval’s now-ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix, with Leviss together with pictures of her alleged bruised eye within the March 8 submitting.
Shay subsequently denied the allegations through Rahmani.
“Scheana by no means punched Rachel, interval,” the previous federal prosecutor informed Page Six on March 9. “This total case is a fabrication by a recognized liar and a cheat who has betrayed everybody near her.”
For extra Page Six actuality TV updates ..
Prior to the authorized submitting, Page Six reported {that a} “heated confrontation” passed off between the previous buddies.
Leviss referenced an altercation in her Instagram apology to Madix, 37, claiming on March 8 that she had been “bodily assaulted.”
In a second social media assertion the next day, Leviss clarified her and Sandoval’s present relationship standing.
“I look after Tom and I don’t wish to label something or predict what lies forward,” she wrote. “Right now I have to heal.”
At the time, Andy Cohen proposed the concept of Leviss and Shay probably doing “one-off” interviews with the restraining order in thoughts.
“I don’t wish to lean into hypothetical conditions,” the Bravo govt, 54, informed his SiriusXM listeners. “All I can say is we’re going to ship a reunion … and it’s going to be nice.”
Shay subsequently joked on her “Scheananigans” podcast in regards to the reunion needing “cages” and “private bodyguard[s].”
Lala Kent chimed in, “Security will certainly be amped up.”
Kent and Katie Maloney warned Leviss towards skipping the reunion in Wednesday’s “Give Them Lala” episode, agreeing it wouldn’t “bode nicely.”
“I don’t know if you happen to miss it, you’re carried out, however … I had COVID final 12 months and I needed to nonetheless, like, telephone it in,” Maloney identified.
Read More: World News | Entertainment News | Celeb News