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Ariana Madix just isn’t having one of the best week. Simply days after the Vanderpump Guidelines star was sued by her former boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, she and co-star Katie Maloney have been met with a lawsuit from their former One thing About Her chef, Penny Davidi.
After Sandoval, 42, accused her of illegally getting access to his cellphone in March 2023, the place she got here throughout sexual movies of his then-mistress, Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 29, Ariana, 39, and Katie, 37, had been accused of reneging on an settlement they made with Penny — and of failing to pay her for the work she did on their sandwich store.
In courtroom paperwork obtained by TMZ on July 18, particulars of Penny’s submitting had been revealed, sharing that Ariana and Katie had been accused of going again on the settlement they made with Penny after they employed her as their COO/Director of Culinary on the West Hollywood venue.
In accordance with Penny, in June 2023, she was promised a ten% partnership for serving to develop the menu at One thing About Her and function the restaurant, and he or she labored onerous on the mission within the months that adopted.
Penny even filed emblems for Ariana and Katie’s firm, and he or she was alleged to be paid $7,500 a month till January for aiding the Pump Guidelines solid members forward of the Could opening of the eatery. She then claims she agreed with Ariana and Katie that her month-to-month earnings could be raised to $10,000 a month after January.
In her lawsuit towards them, Penny claimed Ariana and Katie are denying the partnership, and he or she requested a decide uphold the settlement and permit her to be paid what she is owed.
Penny’s lawsuit comes simply months after she revealed she was a “companion” within the restaurant and accused Ariana and Katie of reducing off communication together with her.
Penny additionally publicly shaded One thing About Her, saying that a lot of what was being supplied to visitors was “underwhelming.”
“They don’t know find out how to cross-utilize. I’d not herald 5 completely different sorts of bread for 10 sandwiches,” she acknowledged. “I additionally wouldn’t put sure sandwiches on sure sorts of bread as a result of the bread-to-meat ratio is totally off from what I’ve seen in images and folks’s posts.”
Vanderpump Guidelines is at present on pause forward of its twelfth season.
