Vanderpump Rules’ Scheana Shay Is ‘Devastated’ Raquel Leviss Is Trying to ‘Shift the Blame’ With Restraining Order, Lawyer Says

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Blindsided. Scheana Shay was “devastated” when Raquel Leviss served her with a temporary restraining order, according to her lawyer.“Here’s someone that [Scheana] considered a dear friend, a younger sister,” Shay’s attorney, Neama Rahmani, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, March 9, noting that Leviss’ affair with fellow Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Sandoval was a “betrayal” to not only to his then-girlfriend, Ariana Madix, but to their friends as well.Rahmani added: “Scheana is obviously upset. [She] and Raquel were friends for years.

She actually invited Raquel into her home where she lived for six months. So, for her to betray her like this, she’s devastated.”Us confirmed on March 3 that Sandoval, 39, and Madix, 37, split after nine years after news broke that the TomTom cofounder had cheated with Leviss, 28.As the Pump Rules cast began to take sides, reports surfaced that Shay, 37, allegedly punched the former Miss Sonoma County after a joint appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in the early hours of March 2.Leviss claimed that the “Good as Gold” singer physically assaulted her after learning that she was hooking up with Sandoval amid his relationship with her best friend Madix.

The former pageant queen then served Shay with a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, March 7, and shared photos of her alleged bruises from the altercation the following day.“[Scheana] pushed me against [a] brick wall causing injury to back of [my] head and punched me in the face causing injury to my left eye,” Leviss alleged in the court documents, claiming she has a cut above her left eye and “blurred vision” from the incident.Shay, for her part, denied the allegations through Rahmani on Thursday.“This case is a