Legal trouble erupts over Scandoval controversy

Scandoval is far from over as legal implications loom after Raquel Leviss sued Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval for privacy invasion, which, in return, received counter-responses from the duo.

Under accusation of sharing the 29-year-old intimate videos, the Florida native replied with an anti-SLAPP or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation that would limit the TV celebrity to publicly defaming the reality star.

Along with this, Ariana claimed she did not share Raquel's steamy photos after discovering them in her ex-phone.

Tom, meanwhile, prepared his defense through a demurrer to her ex-partner suit with whom he was dating secretly.

Cornell University's Legal Information Institute explains it is a challenge to "the sufficiency or adequacy of pleadings of another party," and the case may be set aside if it is granted.

However, it seems Raquel's legal team remains unfazed by the pair's countermotions. Instead, they argue, "Sandoval's response in the face of irrefutable evidence that will be presented in court is disturbing."

While, for Ariana, her lawyers hit back in a statement to E! News,"The only thing more laughable than Ariana's motion is her fairytale account of how she discovered the relationship from Tom's phone."