“Vanderpump Rules” star James Kennedy — recognized for his volatility and fast mood, in addition to his allure — was arrested for misdemeanor home violence Tuesday evening in Burbank, Calif.
Burbank police have confirmed to Variety that they had been dispatched to a house within the space Tuesday evening after getting a name about Kennedy, whose actual title is James Kennedy Georgiou, entering into an argument with a girl: “On December 10, 2024, at about 11:30 pm, Burbank Police had been dispatched to a residence relating to an argument between a person and a girl. The investigation decided it was a home incident, resulting in Mr. Georgiou’s arrest.”
“Mr. Georgiou was booked for misdemeanor home violence and later posted bail. Formal expenses are pending assessment by the Burbank City Attorney’s workplace,” the spokesperson stated. Kennedy was charged with misdemeanor home violence and launched after posting a $20,000 bail. TMZ first broke the information of Kennedy’s arrest.
Kennedy and his live-in girlfriend Ally Lewber, who just isn’t named, each attended a celebration hosted at “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kathy Hilton’s house that very same evening.
Kennedy was a forged member on Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” relationship again to Season 4, after showing in visitor and recurring roles within the second and third seasons. He started working as a busboy at Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurant SUR and is now a well-liked DJ. Over the course of “Vanderpump Rules,” Kennedy was recognized for his extremes (together with with consuming), and at instances would attempt to be “California sober,” that means he would cease consuming and doing different medication, however would smoke weed to assist him not drink.
In the present’s ninth season, Kennedy received engaged on digital camera to his then-girlfriend Rachel Leviss, who would later grow to be finest recognized for her half within the dishonest scandal among the many forged phrases the “Scandoval.” Kennedy and Leviss had a tumultuous relationship, and so they broke up after Season 9 concluded. On Thursday, Leviss’ attorneys Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman, issued a press release, pointing the finger at Bravo, NBC and Evolution, the manufacturing firm that makes “Vanderpump Rules.” In a lawsuit that’s making its manner by means of the courts, Leviss is suing her former fellow castmates Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, who had been a pair till Madix found that Sandoval was dishonest on her with Leviss.
“We are conscious of James Kennedy’s current arrest for home violence,” the assertion reads. “This information is, sadly, not shocking. Rachel’s lawsuit describes, in vital element, Mr. Kennedy’s lengthy historical past of erratic, violent habits and substance abuse. Just as troubling, nevertheless, is that NBC and Evolution (the Vanderpump Rules manufacturing firm), who’ve recognized about Mr. Kennedy’s troubling habits all alongside, have been engaged in a multi-year cover-up on his behalf. They, too, bear duty.”
On high of all that, earlier this 12 months, questions on Kennedy’s habits towards his ex-girlfriend Kristen Doute — as soon as a “Vanderpump Rules” star who’s now on “The Valley” — unfold all through the Bravosphere. Doute, viewers thought, had written about him with out naming him in her 2020 e book “He’s Making You Crazy: How to Get the Guy, Get Even, and Get Over It.” In the e book, Doute wrote a couple of relationship she characterised as verbally abusive, writing: “And then it escalated. Broken furnishings, shattered image frames, doorways slamming and holes punched in my wall. Once that line had been crossed, it was solely a matter of time earlier than he put his fingers on me: shoving, pushing, and bodily restraint.” On Thursday, on her Instagram Stories, Doute posted a screenshot of TMZ, and wrote “FINALLY.”
Additionally, Bravo stars Tamra Judge (of “The Real Housewives of Orange County”) and Teddi Mellencamp (previously of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” inserted themselves into this story, when on their “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast they alluded to a battle Kennedy and Lewber had in entrance of them in a limousine that received bodily — although neither of them gave specifics about what they’d seen. When the imprecise incident went viral, Lewber then went onto “Vanderpump Rules” forged member’s Scheana Shay’s “Scheananigans“ podcast to disclaim something severe had occurred. She stated that she and Kennedy had gotten into an argument, “however there was no bodily assault — I used to be not bleeding.” She went on to say, “For the file, James has by no means bodily damage me or assaulted me. And we’re good. We’re comfortable.”
Kennedy is not an worker of Bravo, in fact. There was a significant “Vanderpump Rules” shake-up final month, when Bravo introduced that the complete forged would get replaced and the fact present can be rebooted in Season 12. The present hit scores highs with Season 10 within the wake of the “Scandoval,” nevertheless it couldn’t maintain the momentum with Season 11.
Production on the all-new Season 12 will start subsequent 12 months. The revamped forged, made up of staffers at Vanderpump’s eating places, shall be revealed at a later date.
