‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Ariana Madix Cast in Lifetime Movie Amid Bravo Cheating Scandal

Ariana Madix is staying booked and busy! The Vanderpump Rules star landed a new Lifetime movie role amid the unfolding scandal involving herself and her ex-boyfriend, Tom Sandoval. 

According to Deadline, the Bravo star will join Meagan Good, Roger Cross and Faith Wright in the Lifetime movie Buying Back My Daughter, which is about a teenage victim of a human trafficking ring.

Directed by Troy Scott with a script from Barbara Marshall, the movie is currently filming. The drama follows Dana (Good) and Curtis (Cross) as they search for their missing daughter, Alicia (Wright). Madix plays a police officer named Karen, who is personally connected to the case. 

Madix is an OG Vanderpump Rules cast member, having appeared in the first two seasons in guest and recurring roles. She was bumped to the main cast of the Bravo series in the third season.

The actor previously appeared in single episodes of Paradise City and The Other Two, and starred in the movies Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt, Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader and Dead End.

In early March, news broke that Madix and her long-time boyfriend, Sandoval, split after nearly ten years of dating. He was caught having an affair with their Bravo co-star Raquel Leviss. 

Since, Madix has released a statement addressing the cheating scandal, revealing that she was “devastated and broken” over the affair. The two had previously been together for nearly ten years. The Bravo star wrote, “What doesn’t kill me better run.”

Both Sandoval and Leviss have also released statements expressing remorse for their actions.

The three are expected to reunite today for the Vanderpump Rules reunion, along with their co-star Scheana Shay, who was accused of physically assaulting Leviss after the affair was revealed.

Vanderpump Rules airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.