People reports the actress, 35, got up close and personal with
the Bon Jovi rocker, 46, at a café just
outside Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, sharing a smooch in the
parking lot (they arrived in separate cars) before moseying into the
eatery hand-in-hand, "smiling and chatting the entire way."
During dinner, they "gazed into each other's eyes" and continued
to touch digits, says the mag. At one point, Denise pressed her lips
to Richie's hand (his left arm remains in a sling following an
at-home tumble), a romantic gesture he was only too happy to
reciprocate. More spit-swapping soon followed.
The duo, whose shared interests include a love of the artfully
mussed coif and the exorbitant rates of divorce attorneys, exited
less than an hour later and zoomed off in the same car (Sambora
reportedly has a home nearby).
It remains unclear how Locklear, who called it quits with Sambora
in February after 11 years of marriage, feels about the fledgling
romance. She has supported Denise during her ongoing marital
discord, co-hosting a birthday bash for her in March and pitching in
after Lola's birth last summer.
The timing of their PDA-filled dinner date is also sure to raise
eyebrows, occurring just one day after Richards asked for and
received a temporary restraining order against Sheen. In a
jaw-dropping 17-page court declaration, she accused her estranged
husband of "abusive," "unstable" and "irrational" behavior,
including threatening to kill her, shoving her to the ground as she
held their baby daughter, Lola, abusing prescription pills, gambling
compulsively, visiting "disturbing" porn Web sites featuring "very
young girls" and young-looking men, asking her to get an abortion
when she became pregnant with their daughter Sam in 2003 and telling
her that he hoped she'd "get breast cancer and die."
(We'll give you a few minutes to scrub yourself with some
industrial-strength bleach and a hard-wire brush before continuing.
Done? OK, moving on ...)
Sheen, who on Saturday was out promoting his new Sheen Kidz
clothing line (we know, we know), was quick to hit back at the
charges, telling "Entertainment Tonight" that the declaration is a
"heinous document of fiction," and maintaining to People,
"Obviously, what has taken place is vile, is unconscionable, is
without merit, is a transparent and immature smear campaign. She's
claiming certain things. It's baseless."
He added to "Access Hollywood," "It's about control, it's about
punishment, it's about the inability to process or surrender to a
failed marriage. It's about victimization, it's about demonization,
it's horribly unnecessary."
Sambora's split from Locklear has been, by comparison, relatively
civil. While the couple has reportedly wrangled over custody issues
involving 8-year-old daughter Ava, they made of point of playing
nice on March 24 as they cheered from the sidelines of her softball
game.
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