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Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss went out for their first public outing together since their months-long affair was exposed earlier this month.
After filming their hit Bravo reality series' reunion special, which reportedly turned explosive within two minutes, the pair grabbed dinner together at The Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood.
Following a five-hour taping, in which they were forced to face off with the rest of their costars for the first time on camera in the wake of their cheating scandal, the reality star, 28, and actor, 39, split 'a bottle of red wine and oysters.'
While they did not engaged in any PDA, a fellow diner said they 'sat closely to each other and very much looked like a couple.'
Another overheard Leviss saying: 'I can’t believe she said that.'
Going public: Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss went out for their first public outing together since their months-long affair was exposed earlier this month (seen on Friday)
While it is unknown who the TV personality was talking about, it is likely she was referring to one of her castmates that attended the reunion, including Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent or Scheana Shay.
After getting verbally 'annihilated' by their costars for betraying Madix for starting their fling amid Sandoval's nine-year relationship with Madix, dined with just each other.
Earlier this week, On Friday, a source close to production teased some of the drama to TMZ.
'It was like a nuclear bomb went off in the studio,' the insider spilled, before noting that not one person 'sided with Tom and Raquel.'
At one point, two cast members reportedly had to be separated to 'prevent an assault and battery.'
According to a seating chart, released by Bravo ahead of the reunion, Sandoval was seated next to Leviss.
Ariana was placed just two seats away from her cheating ex and beside Cohen.
A restraining order, which was dropped on Friday, between Scheana Shay, 37, and Raquel, however, created some logistical complications.
Date night: After filming their hit Bravo reality series' reunion special, which reportedly turned explosive within two minutes , the pair grabbed dinner together at The Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood
Sticking together: Following a five-hour taping, in which they were forced to face off with the rest of their costars for the first time on camera in the wake of their cheating scandal, the reality star, 28, and actor, 39, split 'a bottle of red wine and oysters'
In order to comply with the order and keep the women 100 feet apart, Bravo swapped Raquel out for Scheana.
Following the reunion, Leviss revealed she had her attorney take her case with Shay after 'the court calendar' and had already filed 'the appropriate paperwork requested by the court' to dismiss her Temporary Restraining Order (TRO).
She continued: 'We let the court know I will not be moving forward with a permanent restraining order.'
The announcement came hours after Shay's lawyer, Neama Rahmani, told DailyMail.com in a statement that the papers that the Bravo host, 54, handed her client have 'no legal meaning' whatsoever.
'It was a request to dismiss a complaint or a civil lawsuit, but Rachel had requested a permanent restraining order, which is something completely different,' the Los Angeles-based attorney explained.
Rahmani also pointed out that 'there is no way for Rachel to drop the temporary restraining order before next week's hearing.'
Showdown! According to a seating chart, released by Bravo ahead of the reunion, Sandoval, 39, was seated next to Leviss
'This is California law and even on the court's website,' he stated. 'Even if Rachel had the correct document, which she didn't, it wasn't filed with the court.'
The president of West Coast Trial Lawyers continued: 'There is no file stamp in the top right corner. This was just another public relations stunt by Rachel and her team.'
He then advised if Leviss wanted to 'make this go away' then the reality star 'would come out and publicly say the punch never happened and she is sorry for all the harm she caused Scheana, Ariana, and her other friends.'
At the reunion, Shay had to remain 100 yards away from Leviss in order to comply with the terms of
