Rachel Leviss promises she was ‘groomed’ by Tom Sandoval… immediately after Lala Kent claimed the identical detail: ‘I was in a extremely susceptible point out of mind’

Rachel ‘Raquel’ Leviss has accused her previous fling and Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Sandoval of ‘grooming her.’

The two were famously busted past calendar year for possessing a intimate romance when he was dating her close friend Ariana Madix. 

The 29-calendar year-previous Leviss built the claims on her podcast Rachel Goes Rogue on iHeart.

She informed therapist Melissa Reich on Wednesday that her co-star Lala Kent’s assertion which advised 41-calendar year-old Sandoval was a groomer hit dwelling with her. 

‘I really do not want to label Tom nearly anything either. I know I have identified as him a narcissist in the earlier and, possibly, I should not have carried out that,’ claimed Leviss.

‘But you get started viewing these styles and this form of habits. There are terms that psychologists use to demonstrate this behavior due to the fact at the time you are able to decide up on it, it gets to be predictable. The terminology is made use of as a instrument and not as an insult to someone,’ she concluded. 

The affair among Leviss and Sandoval arrived to mild in March 2023 when word leaked of his breakup with co-star Madix. 

At to start with, Leviss and Sandoval stayed collectively, but pursuing her ninety-working day stay in a mental well being facility, she ended factors.

This turned into her final decision to not to return for Vanderpump Rules’ eleventh year.

The star reported, ‘If I am going to be absolutely genuine, I do experience like I have been groomed due to the fact I was in a extremely susceptible condition of intellect. I just got out of a marriage that I truly feel like was very destructive to my wellbeing.

‘He witnessed that full matter engage in out. Items commenced shifting when we went to Coachella and he truly went out of his way to cater to me.’

Lala Kent, 33, experienced the identical to say about her fellow actuality star who she also statements groomed her.

‘You isolate. You groom. You lie, I do not want to know you. You are frightening,’ she said to him. 

Sandoval defended himself declaring, ‘Lala, you do not know me. Really don’t sit there and accuse me of grooming. You do not know me’

In her podcast, Raquel went into detail about distinct moments she shared with Sandoval throughout their fling:

‘I am just contemplating back again to the problem with Tom and I and how that came to be. Due to the fact in the episode, Lala told Tom that he is a groomer. As I am wondering back to that, the very first kiss [between] that happened in the pool at Tom and Ariana’s house, I know that was not just a flip.

 ‘The point that Lala was pointing out to Tom was when she read me say that I am isolated and I do not have anyone else and I need to tumble in line with Tom or I won’t have any person. From the level that we kissed to the point where by I broke down on digital camera in my final interview, there was a ton of isolation together the way.’

She included, ‘Because we were retaining this magic formula and I was not permitted to tell my mates but he was allowed to convey to his. It made me really feel nearer to Tom due to the fact I imagined we had a connection and some material to chat about. Isolation is in all probability a essential variable in the grooming.’

The 29-yr-previous fact star went on to explain to her therapist that he pushed typical boundaries even in scenarios where by his then girlfriend Ariana Madix was present. 

She stated, ‘I just flash back again and I feel of the boundary stretching that was happening when all a few of us have been in the very same setting.’

Leviss unveiled that he ‘would touch me or massage my toes in entrance of her but then act like it was completely standard. Contemplating again, I am sure she was awkward with it but possibly did not want to say nearly anything in front of him. I just really feel like he was pushing both of those of our boundaries.’