Tom Sandoval claims he loaned $90K to ex Ariana Madix and says he cannot sell their shared home until she pays him back
Tom Sandoval claimed his ex Ariana Madix owes him $90,000 before he will agree upon selling the Los Angeles home they co-own.
The Vanderpump Rules star, 40, has reportedly responded to his ex’s lawsuit against him over their home and said no sale will occur until she pays back his alleged loan to her.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, he claimed that he has a lien on the house that is tied to the money she owes him and it must be paid before a judge can force a sale.
Previously, Madix, 38, sued her co-star and now-ex in early January over their $2 million Valley Village home, which they purchased together back in 2019.
On that lawsuit, he allegedly issued general denials against her allegations.
Tom Sandoval claimed his ex Ariana Madix owes him $90,000 before he will agree upon selling the Los Angeles home they co-own. The Vanderpump Rules star, 40, has reportedly responded to his ex’s lawsuit against him over their home and said no sale will occur until she pays back his alleged loan to her
He claimed that he has a lien on the house that is tied to the money she owes him and it must be paid before a judge can force a sale. Previously, Madix, 38, sued her co-star and now-ex in early January over their $2 million Valley Village home, which they purchased together back in 2019; seen in June 2022
The pair have since split due to his infidelity — a scandal appropriately dubbed Scandoval — but still live in the house together as they have not resolved how to split the property.
Months after their separation, she filed a suit in the Los Angeles Superior Court for a ‘partition by sale’, according to documents obtained by DailyMail.com.
Essentially, she is suing him and wants a judge to order them to sell the home in order to divide the proceeds.
She is fighting against a ‘division in kind’, which would allow each of them to retain their ownership interest in the property.
Theoretically, this could lead to one of them selling to the third party and letting the other still own and live in the home.
This new report about the alleged loan comes just days after Sandoval claimed Ariana physically assaulted him nearly one year ago when she discovered he was having an affair.
He claimed that on March 1, 2023, she split his lip and ripped his chain off when she found out he had been cheating on her for seven months with her friend Rachel Leviss.
He told The New York Times Magazine in an interview published on Tuesday that the altercation occured in the back alley behind Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar in West Hollywood.
This comes just days after Sandoval alleged Ariana physically assaulted him nearly one year ago when she discovered he was having an affair with Rachel Leviss
Sandoval alleged the altercation happened in the back alley behind Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar in West Hollywood (pictured in 2022)
‘She beat my a**,’ he recalled in his conversation with the outlet.
He had been performing with his cover band The Most Extras when she found an explicit ‘screen recording of them on FaceTime’ on his phone.
‘It was literally from the night before,’ he recalled.
Madix immediately called Leviss to confront her, and she admitted the affair with had started with a tryst inside her car following the death of Madix’s dog Charlotte on August 2, 2022.
‘My emotions were clearly all over the place,’ the former DWTS contestant recalled of the moment on the 10th season finale.
‘And he was angry at me. Angry… at me!’
And while there’s no evidence Madix ever hit the St. Louis native, audiences saw her fly into a rage when she told him she wanted him ‘to die’ that same episode.
‘I don’t give a f*** about f***ing Raquel!’ Madix screamed.
‘Your friendship is f***ing bulls***!’
In a sneak peek from Tuesday night’s episode of the Emmy-nominated Bravo reality show, the Florida-born blonde randomly reunited with the Lyft rideshare driver who took her and Sandoval home the night they ended their nine-year relationship.
‘[The driver] definitely has no idea that, like, that it’s, like, a thing. I just thought that was so crazy,’ Madix marveled.
‘I don’t think he has any clue how many people out there probably want to talk to him!’
Sandoval told The New York Times Magazine on Tuesday that the 38-year-old Chicago thespian split his lip and ripped his chain off: ‘She beat my a**’
Sandoval had been performing with his cover band The Most Extras when she found an explicit ‘screen recording of them on FaceTime’ on his phone: ‘It was literally from the night before’
Madix immediately called Leviss to confront her, and she admitted the affair with had started with a tryst inside her car following the death of Madix’s dog Charlotte on August 2, 2022
The former DWTS contestant recalled on the 10th season finale: ‘My emotions were clearly all over the place. And he was angry at me. Angry… at me!’
And while there’s no evidence Madix ever hit the St. Louis native, audiences saw her fly into a rage when she told him she wanted him ‘to die’ that same episode
Madix screamed: ‘I don’t give a f*** about f***ing Raquel! Your friendship is f***ing bulls***!’
In a sneak peek from Tuesday night’s episode of the Emmy-nominated Bravo reality show, the Florida-born blonde randomly reunited with the Lyft rideshare driver who took her and Sandoval home the night they ended their nine-year relationship
Madix marveled: ‘[The driver] definitely has no idea that, like, that it’s, like, a thing. I just thought that was so crazy. I don’t think he has any clue how many people out there probably want to talk to him!’
And while Madix has temporarily moved to Manhattan to star in the Broadway musical Chicago through April 7, she still co-owns the $2M 4,500-square-foot five-bedroom Valley Village home she shared with Sandoval
The Single AF Cocktails author quickly moved on with personal trainer Daniel Wai (2-L) last March while the Everybody Loves Tom podcaster officially began dating model Victoria Lee Robinson (2-R) in January
And while Madix has temporarily moved to Manhattan to star in the Broadway musical Chicago through April 7, she still co-owns the $2M 4,500-square-foot five-bedroom Valley Village home she shared with Sandoval.
The Single AF Cocktails author quickly moved on with personal trainer Daniel Wai last March while the Everybody Loves Tom podcaster officially began dating model Victoria Lee Robinson in January.
It’s worth noting that Sandoval also cheated on his prior live-in girlfriend of eight years, Kristen Doute, in order to start dating Madix back in 2014.
Sandoval’s abuse allegations come nearly a year after Leviss claimed their co-star Scheana Shay pushed her against a brick wall and punched in her in the left eye on March 2, which left her with ‘a permanent scar on my eyebrow.’
The 29-year-old Rachel Goes Rogue podcaster was granted a month-long restraining order from her 38-year-old former friend, who denied ever punching her, which made the 10th season reunion tricky to film.
Looking back at Scandoval, the former Special Forces contestant told the NYT Mag: ‘I feel like I got more hate than Danny Masterson, and he’s a convicted rapist.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Sandoval was forced to issue a formal apology for comparing his 2023 media blitz to the OJ Simpson trial of 1993 and the racially-charged death of George Floyd, which spawned the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
‘My intentions behind the comments I made in New York Times Magazine were to explain the level of national media attention my affair received,’ Sandoval wrote via Instastory amid Black History Month.
It’s worth noting that Sandoval also cheated on his prior live-in girlfriend of eight years, Kristen Doute, in order to start dating Madix back in 2014
Sandoval’s abuse allegations come nearly a year after Leviss claimed their co-star Scheana Shay pushed her against a brick wall and punched in her in the left eye on March 2, which left her with ‘a permanent scar on my eyebrow’
The 29-year-old Rachel Goes Rogue podcaster was granted a month-long restraining order from her 38-year-old former friend (R, pictured March 1), who denied ever punching her, which made the 10th season reunion tricky to film
Looking back at Scandoval, the former Special Forces contestant told the NYT Mag: ‘I feel like I got more hate than Danny Masterson, and he’s a convicted rapist’
Elsewhere in the interview, Sandoval was forced to issue a formal apology for comparing his 2023 media blitz to the OJ Simpson trial of 1993 and the racially-charged death of George Floyd, which spawned the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020
Sandoval wrote via Instastory amid Black History Month: ‘My intentions behind the comments I made in New York Times Magazine were to explain the level of national media attention my affair received. The comparison was inappropriate and ignorant. I’m incredibly sorry and embarrassed’
‘The comparison was inappropriate and ignorant. I’m incredibly sorry and embarrassed.’
The Schwartz & Sandy’s Lounge co-owner reportedly earns $25K/episode to star in the 11th season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spin-off, which airs Tuesdays on Bravo.
Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras – who gets 2,382 monthly listeners on Spotify – are next scheduled to perform April 26 at 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette, IL.