diff --git a/lib/message_event.rb b/lib/message_event.rb
index 6b57a79e117638aa11e05d66374c87176f743f48..cb0477b77aeaa3a98a0ff807e71ee6168c25fcca 100644
--- a/lib/message_event.rb
+++ b/lib/message_event.rb
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ module MessageEvent
 
 	class Message < Base
 		def initialize(to:, from:, body:, media_urls: [], **kwargs)
-			raise ArgumentError, "from must be a valid US telephone number" unless ValidTel === from
 			raise ArgumentError, "to must be an array" unless to.is_a?(Array)
-			to.each do |tel|
-				raise ArgumentError, "each to must be a valid US telephone number" unless ValidTel === tel
-			end
 			raise ArgumentError, "body must be a String" unless body.is_a?(String)
 			raise ArgumentError, "media_urls must be an Array" unless media_urls.is_a?(Array)