Tom Sandoval is facing another major controversy after video surfaced from an alleged altercation involving his ex-girlfriend Victoria Lee Robinson and her father.
The former Vanderpump Rules star recently filed restraining orders against Victoria and her father, J. Will Robinson, following a June 3 incident. Now, footage obtained by TMZ appears to show part of the confrontation that is at the center of the legal drama.
In the video, Sandoval is seen arguing with Victoria’s father on a patio before turning his attention toward Victoria, who is seated and appears to be recording. Sandoval can be seen charging toward her and asking if she is recording before seemingly trying to wrestle the phone away from her.
Victoria’s father then intervenes and pulls Sandoval off of her. After the men separate, Sandoval turns back toward J. Will Robinson and shoves him into a flickering brick fire pit.
The video appears to show Robinson trying to avoid the fire but falling into it anyway, before yelling in pain and then getting up and running after Sandoval, who had already walked inside the home.
The footage comes after Tom, 43, filed two restraining orders against Victoria, 33, and her father, 56. In court documents obtained by USA TODAY, Sandoval accused Victoria of punching him in the face, causing blurred vision and bleeding from his “ear and neck,” which he says led to an emergency room visit.
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Sandoval also accused J. Will Robinson of “lunging” at him while allegedly “in his inebriated state” and punching a large hole in a bedroom door while Sandoval was barricaded inside.
After the incident, Victoria was arrested on June 3 on a charge of intimate partner battery with physical violence. According to the court records, Sandoval said he “foolishly” gave Victoria’s mother money to bail her out.
Sandoval also made broader allegations about his relationship with Victoria, accusing her of abuse throughout their two-and-a-half-year relationship. He claimed she physically and verbally abused him, tracked him with AirTags and changed social media passwords on his phone.
A Los Angeles court has temporarily granted the restraining orders until a formal hearing on July 16. As long as the order is in effect, Victoria and J. Will Robinson are not allowed to possess guns, ammunition or body armor.
J. Will Robinson has since spoken out about the incident, giving his side of what happened in a statement to TMZ.
Robinson described Tom’s behavior as “very aggressive and threatening.”
He claimed he “lifted Tom off of my daughter because he was overpowering and twisting her arm and trying to take her phone aggressively after yelling at us.”
Robinson also said he was the one who called police.
According to Robinson, he called the police “for our safety.”
He added, “This is my daughter’s home and we just want Tom as far away from us as possible and to keep his lies and drunken abuse away.”
The incident marks yet another legal and public controversy for Sandoval, who became one of Bravo’s most infamous figures after the cheating scandal known as Scandoval rocked the Vanderpump Rules cast.
Tom’s affair with Rachel Leviss while he was still in a long-term relationship with Ariana Madix became one of the biggest scandals in Bravo history and led to massive fallout both on and off the show.
He also faced legal trouble following that scandal. In 2024, Leviss sued Sandoval and Madix for revenge porn and invasion of privacy after Sandoval allegedly recorded a sexually explicit video of Leviss, which Madix allegedly distributed. Sandoval has denied wrongdoing in that case.