Vanderpump Guidelines’ Tom Sandoval has responded after Ariana Madix sued him in hopes of promoting the shared dwelling.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Individuals on Monday, February 26, Sandoval, 40, claimed that Madix, 38, did not disclose “enough information to state a reason behind motion” and subsequently feels her partition of the residence shouldn’t be granted.
The docs, which had been filed in Los Angeles on Friday, February 23, additionally claimed that Madix didn’t carry out her lawsuit “fairly and in good religion” as she “did not 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 courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly that the “discord” between her and Sandoval is “persevering with to have a adverse 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 break up the earnings.
Madix additionally said in her submitting that she didn’t need “a division in sort,” which might permit the exes to retain their possession of the property with one social gathering promoting their curiosity in the home, arguing {that a} division in sort “can’t legally be completed below the information 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 almost 4 years earlier than calling it quits amid Sandoval’s affair with Vanderpump Guidelines 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 social gathering.”
After Madix joined Dancing With the Stars in September 2023, she completely informed 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 wish 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 likelihood he and Leviss, 29, had been nonetheless collectively and wished to reside there collectively.
“What, are you going to convey your little pen pal again over right here? I don’t f–king assume 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 forwards and backwards 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 strain 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 via his assistant, Sandoval stated that Madix was welcome to return to the bash or he may “get her a pleasant lodge room” for the evening as an alternative. Madix, nevertheless, felt the thought was “disrespectful and inappropriate.”
“If he desires to have a celebration, he can have it some other place,” she stated. “If there are folks right here making noise, I’ll name the cops.”
Sandoval finally threw the soirée whereas Madix was out at Emo Evening with the remainder of the forged, however she remained unimpressed along with his determination. “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 should take care of it.”