Vanderpump Guidelines’ Tom Sandoval has responded after Ariana Madix sued him in hopes of promoting the shared dwelling.
In accordance with court docket paperwork obtained by Individuals on Monday, February 26, Sandoval, 40, claimed that Madix, 38, didn’t disclose “adequate info to state a reason for motion” and subsequently 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 “moderately and in good religion” as she “didn’t mitigate no matter damages” she “suffered” by way of her personal paperwork. Within the case {that a} partition is granted, Sandoval has additionally requested to “obtain accounting and compensatory changes” for any repairs and enhancements he’s made “that improve the worth,” per the outlet.
Final month, Madix claimed in court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly that the “discord” between her and Sandoval is “persevering with to have a detrimental impact on the possession” of the house in addition to impacts Madix’s “enjoyment of her curiosity” of the co-owned property. On the time, Madix requested the decide to have the residence “partitioned by sale,” which might instruct Sandoval to promote and cut up the earnings.
Madix additionally acknowledged in her submitting that she didn’t need “a division in form,” 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 form “can not legally be achieved underneath the info and circumstances current on this motion.”
Madix and Sandoval bought their 4,334-square-foot dwelling in Valley Village, Los Angeles in 2019 for $2 million. The pair lived in the home for practically 4 years earlier than calling it quits amid Sandoval’s affair with Vanderpump Guidelines costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. Following their cut up, they remained roommates as they tried to navigate what to do with the property, speaking solely by way of a “third get together.”
After Madix joined Dancing With the Stars in September 2023, she completely instructed Us Weekly that she’d been spending most of her time in an Airbnb whereas coaching for the present. “I’m engaged on the scenario with the possession of the home. We personal it equally,” she defined. “I need to see it. He doesn’t.”
That very same month, the trailer for Vanderpump Guidelines 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 deliver your little pen pal again over right here? I don’t f–king suppose so,” Madix stated in a clip of the Bravo sequence that was filmed in summer time 2023. “From what I can inform, Tom and Rachel are nonetheless very a lot collectively as a result of they’re sending mail and packages backwards and forwards to one another. She even despatched a postcard with lightning bolts throughout it. Get a brand new bit already.”
When season 11 premiered final month, the rigidity over the shared dwelling continued to escalate. Throughout episode 2, the twosome discovered themselves at odds when Sandoval requested to throw himself a birthday on the home.
Talking by way of his assistant, Sandoval stated that Madix was welcome to come back to the bash or he may “get her a pleasant resort room” for the night time as an alternative. Madix, nevertheless, felt the thought was “disrespectful and inappropriate.”
“If he needs to have a celebration, he can have it some place else,” she stated. “If there are folks right here making noise, I’ll name the cops.”
Sandoval in the end threw the soirée whereas Madix was out at Emo Evening with the remainder of the solid, however she remained unimpressed together with his resolution. “There’s no rule while you each personal a house, clearly, each homeowners can do no matter they need,” she defined through the Pump Guidelines After Present. “However for my part, it’s so f—king past to be, like, ‘Hey I wrecked this dwelling, and, like, your life, however I’m going to have a celebration right here and also you simply need to take care of it.”