On 14 April 2012, Leone announced that she was now a resident of India explaining in an interview to The New Indian Express that she was an Overseas Citizen of India and that she was eligible for overseas citizenship because her parents lived in India.
2012年4月14日，里昂宣布，她現在是印度的居民 並在接受《新印度快報》採訪時解釋，她是印度的海外公民，她有資格獲得海外國籍，因為她的父母居住在印度。