Vanderpump Rules’ Tom Sandoval has responded after Ariana Madix sued him in hopes of promoting the shared residence.
According to court docket paperwork obtained by People on Monday, February 26, Sandoval, 40, claimed that Madix, 38, failed to disclose “sufficient facts to state a cause of action” and due to this fact feels her partition of the residence shouldn’t be granted.
The docs, which have been filed in Los Angeles on Friday, February 23, additionally claimed that Madix didn’t carry out her lawsuit “reasonably and in good faith” as she “failed to mitigate whatever damages” she “suffered” through her personal paperwork. In the case {that a} partition is granted, Sandoval has additionally requested to “receive accounting and compensatory adjustments” for any repairs and enhancements he’s made “that enhance the value,” per the outlet.
Last month, Madix claimed in court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly that the “discord” between her and Sandoval is “continuing to have a negative effect on the ownership” of the house in addition to impacts Madix’s “enjoyment of her interest” of the co-owned property. At the time, Madix requested the decide to have the residence “partitioned by sale,” which might instruct Sandoval to promote and break up the earnings.
Madix additionally acknowledged in her submitting that she didn’t need “a division in kind,” which might enable the exes to retain their possession of the property with one get together promoting their curiosity in the home, arguing {that a} division in type “cannot legally be accomplished under the facts and circumstances present in this action.”
Madix and Sandoval bought their 4,334-square-foot residence in Valley Village, Los Angeles in 2019 for $2 million. The pair lived in the home for almost 4 years earlier than calling it quits amid Sandoval’s affair with Vanderpump Rules costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. Following their break up, they remained roommates as they tried to navigate what to do with the property, speaking solely via a “third party.”
After Madix joined Dancing With the Stars in September 2023, she solely advised Us Weekly that she’d been spending most of her time in an Airbnb whereas coaching for the present. “I’m working on the situation with the ownership of the house. We own it equally,” she defined. “I want to see it. He does not.”
That similar month, the trailer for Vanderpump Rules season 11 dropped and confirmed Madix seemingly refusing to let Sandoval purchase her out of the house within the off probability he and Leviss, 29, have been nonetheless collectively and wished to stay there collectively.
“What, are you going to bring your little pen pal back over here? I don’t f–king think so,” Madix stated in a clip of the Bravo collection that was filmed in summer time 2023. “From what I can tell, Tom and Rachel are still very much together because they’re sending mail and packages back and forth to each other. She even sent a postcard with lightning bolts all over it. Get a new bit already.”
When season 11 premiered final month, the strain over the shared residence continued to escalate. During episode 2, the twosome discovered themselves at odds when Sandoval requested to throw himself a birthday on the home.
Speaking via his assistant, Sandoval stated that Madix was welcome to come to the bash or he might “get her a nice hotel room” for the evening as an alternative. Madix, nevertheless, felt the concept was “disrespectful and inappropriate.”
“If he wants to have a party, he can have it somewhere else,” she stated. “If there are people here making noise, I will call the cops.”
Sandoval in the end threw the soirée whereas Madix was out at Emo Night with the remainder of the forged, however she remained unimpressed along with his resolution. “There’s no rule when you both own a home, obviously, both owners can do whatever they want,” she defined in the course of the Pump Rules After Show. “But in my opinion, it’s so f—king beyond to be, like, ‘Hey I wrecked this home, and, like, your life, but I’m going to have a party here and you just have to deal with it.”
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