Rachel Leviss attended the Stagecoach festival wearing the same top that Ariana Madix wore on Vanderpump Rules during their love triangle.
Ariana left her boyfriend of nine years, Tom Sandoval, last March after discovering he had had an affair with Rachel, then known as Raquel.
As ‘Scandoval’ exploded, Rachel was subjected to an avalanche of backlash so violent that she left Vanderpump Rules and retreated to a mental health facility for two months.
She returned to the public scene that summer and in February sued Tom and Ariana for “revenge porn, eavesdropping, and invasion of privacy.”
Now, this Friday, Rachel was spotted in the Coachella Valley for the Stagecoach country music festival, where her ex DJ James Kennedy was performing.
She was wearing a burnt orange denim crop top that Ariana previously wore on Vanderpump Rules Season 10, Episode 14, during Rachel and Tom’s affair.
Rachel Leviss (left) attended the Stagecoach festival wearing the same top that Ariana Madix (right) wore on Vanderpump Rules during their love triangle.
Ariana appears on Vanderpump Rules wearing the top in question, which featured a trendy serrated hem that curved upward to show off her taut midriff.
Rachel posted several Insta Stories this Friday of her wearing the top while spending time with her friends near the country music festival.
Her updates included a long selfie video that allowed her more than half a million followers to see the garment up close.
Social media commenters quickly realized that the top was identical to the one Ariana wore in episode 14 of season 10 of Vanderpump Rules.
At the time, Ariana had not yet discovered that Tom was cheating on her with Rachel, who had been her personal friend and co-star.
When the ‘Scandoval’ story became a national controversy, Ariana received an outpouring of public support and Rachel retreated from the public eye as a pariah.
However, she resurfaced in August to give a wide-ranging, revealing interview about the scandal on Bethenny Frankel’s podcast.
“I feel like I’ve been portrayed as the ultimate villain,” Rachel told Bethenny on Just B. “The mistakes I’ve made on camera will live on forever.”
During that interview, she claimed that Tom had recorded an intimate FaceTime conversation with her without informing her first.
At the time, Ariana had not yet discovered that Tom was cheating on her with Rachel, who had been a close personal friend of hers; Ariana, Tom and Rachel are pictured in November 2022.
When the ‘Scandoval’ story became a national controversy, Ariana received an outpouring of public support and Rachel retreated from the public eye as a pariah.
Rachel posted several Insta Stories this Friday of her wearing the top while spending time with her friends near the country music festival.
She filed a lawsuit against him and Ariana in February, accusing Tom of “secretly recording her private communications” as well as “capturing sexually explicit images” of her “without her knowledge or consent.”
Rachel further alleged that Ariana “intentionally distributed, disseminated, shared and publicized the illicit videos” after discovering them on Tom’s phone.
Their complaint, obtained by DailyMail.com, claimed: ‘”Scandoval” captured massive public attention, went completely viral and injected new life into Vanderpump Rules.
“It also caused chaos in Leviss’s life, culminating in months-long inpatient treatment at a mental health facility and his departure from the program.”
The complaint alleged: “Encouraged by Bravo and Evolution along with the cast, Leviss was subjected to an unprecedented public sting and became, without exaggeration, one of the most hated women in America.”
Shortly after, a Bravo source said Tom was “very devastated” by the lawsuit and that “None of them realized this would take a toll on Rachel.”
Speaking to DailyMail.com, the source added: “Tom honestly thought he and Rachel would ride off into the sunset together. He was obsessed with her. He loved her so much and was so sure she would be the one he would spend his whole life with. That she to turn around and sue him is absolutely shocking.”
More recently, Tom filed legal papers against Rachel’s lawsuit, which his team characterized as a “thinly veiled attempt to spread her fame and rebrand herself as the victim instead of the other woman,” according to Page six.
Her updates included a lengthy selfie video that gave her more than half a million followers a closer look at her crop top.
Ariana left her boyfriend of nine years, Tom Sandoval, last March after discovering he had had an affair with Rachel.
“I feel like I’ve been portrayed as the ultimate villain,” Rachel told Bethenny Frankel in August: “The mistakes I’ve made on camera will live on forever.”
Ariana was scathing in her reaction to the interview, saying that Bethenny’s interview with Rachel had “impacted” her mental health.
On Bethenny’s podcast, Rachel blamed drinking and distress for the affair and said she had entered treatment to “try to understand my actions.”
Addressing his viewers and co-stars, he issued an emotional apology for “the pain I caused a lot of people.”
She explained: ‘I wasn’t careful in my actions and didn’t think long term. I was completely involved in anxiety and wanting to satisfy certain needs.’
Rachel also blamed alcohol, saying, “When I was filming, I drank a lot to alleviate that anxiety and in a reality TV environment, I didn’t have that safe space to express my emotions in a healthy way.” .’
Although she shared that she was “sorry” for the “pain” she had caused Ariana, she didn’t expect her former friend to forgive her.
Ariana was scathing in her reaction to the podcast, saying that Bethenny’s interview with Rachel had “impacted” her mental health.
Her anger was directed less at Rachel than at Bethenny, who in talking to Rachel had brought up the fact that Ariana and Tom never married or had children.
Ariana noted that Tom would have been considered her common-law husband “in many states,” and said of Bethenny’s comments, “I find it hurtful when it comes to other women in relationships who don’t have children.” Maybe they can’t have children or don’t want to have children or don’t want to get married.’
He continued, “None of those people’s relationships are any less meaningful for that…she should know not to say that about anyone.”