Raquel Lewis files restraining order against ex-friend Scheana Shay

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By nikki cox, ivan real And Francesca Bacardi

March 7, 2023 | at 10:01 pm

Raquel Lewis has filed a temporary restraining order against “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Shayna Shaye after facing backlash over her relationship with Tom Sandoval.

The reality TV star filed the paperwork on Tuesday, however, it is unclear why she is requesting the court-ordered protection or if a judge has requested it.

Page Six has reached out to representatives for Shay and Lewis for comment.

The filing comes after a source told Page Six that Shay and Lewis got into a “heated confrontation” outside a bar last week after Sandoval’s girlfriend Ariana Madix made a sexually explicit text to the 28-year-old on the singer’s phone. Text and video found.

“After taping ‘Watch What Happens Live’, Scheana and Raquel went out for drinks with friends,” an insider told us on Saturday.

“At one point in the night, Scheana lost Raquel and then found her outside the bar on the phone with Ariana, who Scheana could hear screaming.”

When Shay, 37, asked Lewis to explain what was going on, she finally came clean in a very explosive exchange before the two women “went back to separate hotels.”

While Shay has since been very vocal about his support for Maddix, Lewis has kept quiet on the matter despite threatening to sue some of his “VPR” co-stars.

Lewis had his lawyers send a legal letter to his cast members asking them to delete intimate videos of the reality TV star found on Sandoval’s phone.

Lewis asked her to stop sharing the video now, claiming that it was “recorded illegally without [her] knowledge or consent,” according to TMZ.

He also cited a California law against revenge porn, which makes it a crime to invade someone’s privacy by disseminating “non-consensual pornography”.

However, a source exclusively tells Page Six that the video has not been circulated among the cast and claims that no one other than Lewis, Sandoval, and Maddix have seen it.

Despite the ongoing drama, Lewis still follows Shay on Instagram — however, Shay has since unfollowed her former friend.

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Prior to the news of the affair, the two had become close, even joking about Shay being “the other woman” in a recent YouTube vlog.

“So, what can we expect next on ‘Vanderpump Rules’?” Shay asked his friend while pretending to be a late night TV host.

To which Lewis sarcastically replied, “A makeout with a guy named Oliver who happens to have a wife… I was completely clueless so we’re about to see all that.”

Shay, who had an affair with Eddie Cibrian while he was still married to Brandi Glanville, responded, “Been there, done that, don’t love it.”

However, the goofy banter was short-lived and news of Lewis’ affair broke just hours later, ending the pair’s friendship.