Scheana Shay’s Attorney Comments on Raquel Leviss’ Mental Health Stay Amid Their Legal Battle: She Still Needs to ‘Own Up’ to Lies

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Scheana Shay’s attorney Neama Rahmani weighed in on Raquel Leviss’ mental health facility stay amid the Vanderpump Rules costars ongoing legal battle.“We’re happy that she is getting the treatment she needs but none of this changes the fact that she abused the justice system to put forth false allegations against Scheana,” Rahmani said in a statement to Us Weekly on Friday, April 14. “And she has never to this day publicly come out and apologized for all her lies.”The lawyer’s statement continued: “We obviously recognize mental health is an important issue and wish Raquel all the best in her recovery, but we’d also like her to own up to her false allegations and publicly come out and acknowledge that she lied.”Us confirmed on Friday that Leviss, 28, is seeking help at a rehab facility — but not for substance abuse — after facing backlash for her affair with Tom Sandoval.“Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,” a rep for Leviss told Us in a statement. “Raquel had planned to admit herself before the VPR reunion was taped on March 23.

She was scheduled to go in pre-reunion but decided she wanted to finish her filming commitment. Bravo and production were aware and in support of her journey towards better mental health.”Us previously confirmed that Sandoval, 40, and then-girlfriend Ariana Madix called it quits after the Florida native, 37, learned of her boyfriend’s infidelity.

The TomTom cofounder and Madix dated for nine years before news broke in March that they had separated.In the weeks that followed, both Sandoval and Leviss issued public apologies for their actions.