Meanwhile Sandoval, who was in a secret relationship with Leviss between 2022 and 2023 while dating Madix, filed a demurrer in response to Leviss' suit. Similar to anti-SLAPP filings, demurrers challenge "the sufficiency or adequacy of pleadings of another party," per Cornell's LII, and if a demurrer is granted, cases may be dismissed. 

In his filing, as obtained by E! News, Sandoval alleges Leviss' accusations of eavesdropping are insubstantial because, among other reasons, civil code does not protect against "unconsented videotaping and only protects sound-based or symbol-based communications," and because Leviss' suit "does not allege any facts showing that the parties' communications were confidential."