‘Pump Rules’ cast questioned Sandoval, Raquel’s relationship after club tryst
The “Vanderpump Rules” cast grew suspicious of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss after a “cozy” club interaction that took place months before Ariana Madix discovered the duo’s shocking affair.
Sources tell Page Six exclusively that James Kennedy’s girlfriend, Ally Lewber, spotted Sandoval and Leviss canoodling at The Abbey in West Hollywood in August 2022.
“James’ girlfriend, Ally, saw Tom and Raquel at The Abbey dancing alone together and thought it was weird,” one source says.
“When they realized they’d been spotted looking cozy, Tom and Raquel appeared to act a little strange like they were caught doing something bad.”
In the mid-season trailer for “Pump Rules,” Lala Kent presses Sandoval, 40, about his night of clubbing with Leviss, 28.
“She saw the both of you at The Abbey together,” the “Give Them Lala” author says, seemingly in reference to information relayed by Lewber, 27.
The insider points out that Sandoval and Leviss were hanging out with a “group of people” — some individuals associated with the reality show peripherally — at The Abbey, but “something seemed off” as Madix, 37, wasn’t around.
“The cast began speculating that something weird was happening then, and Ally was the first to call it out,” says the source. “But Raquel and Tom were both adamantly denying it at the time.”
Another insider notes that Bravo cameras were not up when Sandoval and Leviss decided to hang at The Abbey, though “VPR” Season 10 was still in production at the time.
“Ally did not initially mention what she saw while filming,” the source says. “She confided in other cast members off-camera simply because she was very much bothered by Tom and Raquel’s interaction.”
Our first insider says that Kent and Katie Maloney — the latter of whom was once irate over Leviss’ flirtations with her ex-husband, Schwartz, 40 — mulled over the nature of Leviss and Sandoval’s relationship before the “Scandoval” broke on March 3.
“Over the past couple months, the girls have been thinking things weren’t adding up,” the source says.
Page Six has reached out to reps for comment.
Multiple sources told Page Six on March 3 that Madix dumped Sandoval after seeing a sexually explicit video of Leviss on his phone two days prior and was “heartbroken” by the betrayal.
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Both Leviss and Sandoval later issued public apologies to Madix for the affair that began roughly in July 2022.
Madix, for her part, addressed the entanglement for the first time on March 16.
“To say i have been devastated and broken is an understatement. however, i know that i am not in this alone,” she wrote in part, concluding with, “What doesn’t kill me better run.”
“Vanderpump Rules” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
