‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star James Kennedy Arrested for Domestic Violence

“Vanderpump Guidelines” star James Kennedy — identified for his volatility and fast mood, in addition to his allure — was arrested for misdemeanor home violence Tuesday evening in Burbank, Calif.

Burbank police confirmed to Selection that they had been dispatched to a house within the space Tuesday evening after getting a name about Kennedy, whose actual identify is James Kennedy Georgiou, entering into an argument with a lady: “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 lady. 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 costs are pending overview by the Burbank Metropolis Legal professional’s workplace,” the spokesperson mentioned. 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 is just not named, each attended a celebration hosted at “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kathy Hilton’s house that very same evening.

Kennedy was a solid member on Bravo’s “Vanderpump Guidelines” 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 Guidelines,” Kennedy was identified for his extremes (together with with ingesting), and at instances would attempt to be “California sober,” which means he would cease ingesting and doing different medicine, however would smoke weed to assist him not drink.

Within the present’s ninth season, Kennedy received engaged on digicam to his then-girlfriend Rachel Leviss, who would later grow to be finest identified for her half within the dishonest scandal among the many solid that was termed the “Scandoval.” Kennedy and Leviss had a tumultuous relationship, they usually broke up after Season 9 concluded. In a lawsuit that’s making its method via 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. On Thursday, Leviss’ attorneys in that lawsuit, Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman, issued an announcement, pointing the finger at Bravo, NBC and Evolution, the manufacturing firm that makes “Vanderpump Guidelines.”

“We’re 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. Simply as troubling, nonetheless, is that NBC and Evolution (the Vanderpump Guidelines manufacturing firm), who’ve identified about Mr. Kennedy’s troubling habits all alongside, have been engaged in a multi-year cover-up on his behalf.  They, too, bear accountability.”

Questions on Kennedy’s habits towards his ex-girlfriend Kristen Doute — as soon as a “Vanderpump Guidelines” star who’s now on “The Valley” — additionally unfold all through the Bravosphere earlier this yr. Doute, viewers thought, had written about him with out naming him in her 2020 e-book “He’s Making You Loopy: The right way to Get the Man, Get Even, and Get Over It.” Within the e-book, Doute wrote a couple of relationship she characterised as verbally abusive, writing: “After which it escalated. Damaged furnishings, shattered image frames, doorways slamming and holes punched in my wall. As soon as that line had been crossed, it was solely a matter of time earlier than he put his arms on me: shoving, pushing, and bodily restraint.” On Thursday, on her Instagram Tales, Doute posted a screenshot of TMZ, and wrote “FINALLY.”

Moreover, additionally early in 2024, Bravo stars Tamra Decide (of “The Actual Housewives of Orange County”) and Teddi Mellencamp (previously of “The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills”) inserted themselves into this story, when on their “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast they alluded to a combat Kennedy and Lewber had in entrance of them in a limousine that they alleged had gotten bodily — although neither of them gave specifics about what they’d seen. When the obscure incident went viral, Lewber then went onto “Vanderpump Guidelines” solid member’s Scheana Shay’s “Scheananigans” podcast to disclaim something severe had occurred. She mentioned that she and Kennedy had gotten into an argument, “however there was no bodily assault — I used to be not bleeding.” Lewber went on to say, “For the file, James has by no means bodily harm me or assaulted me. And we’re good. We’re blissful.”

Kennedy is not an worker of Bravo, after all. There was a serious “Vanderpump Guidelines” shake-up final month, when Bravo introduced that all the solid would get replaced and the truth present could be rebooted in Season 12. The present hit scores highs with Season 10 within the wake of the “Scandoval,” but it surely couldn’t maintain the momentum with Season 11.

Manufacturing on the all-new Season 12 will start subsequent yr. The revamped solid, made up of staffers at Vanderpump’s eating places, will likely be revealed at a later date.