A night out at one of Beverly Hills’ upscale steakhouses reportedly spiraled into chaos after a woman sat on a man’s lap, triggering a heated confrontation, according to two women who say they were directly involved.
The women told TMZ the evening started without trouble. They said one of them began chatting with a group of men at a nearby table after overhearing them speaking Arabic.
The situation shifted, they said, when one of the men offered to cover the women’s bill.
Moments later, another woman allegedly approached the men’s table and, according to the women, sat down directly on one man’s lap.
At that point, what began as a simple dinner had clearly taken a different turn.
As the men got ready to leave, one of them allegedly asked the women to tell the lap-sitting woman to get off his friend. The women say they passed along the request.
That, they claim, is when the confrontation erupted and hair-pulling began.
The women allege the other female approached from behind and began swinging and yanking hair, prompting punches in response.
They deny that the woman was ganged up on, saying she was briefly put in handcuffs by police but ultimately released.
The explanation comes after a video obtained by TMZ of the chaotic confrontation inside the high-end steakhouse went viral.
Footage showed the two women locked in a full-blown wrestling match in the middle of the dining room, pulling each other’s hair, throwing punches and kicks and trading insults as stunned diners looked on.
One spectator could be heard enthusiastically declaring, “Oh my god, I love this,” proving that apparently even a $82 filet can’t compete with free dinner theater.
The women were dressed to the nines as the fight spilled across the restaurant floor. At one point, one woman appeared to be bleeding from her head as an employee tried to get her outside.
Another employee attempted to intervene, only to have her hand slapped away as the chaos continued.
The brawl even prompted one diner to marvel, “I wasn’t expecting this when I came here.”
Steak 48 bills itself as an upscale fine-dining destination offering “handcrafted cuisine” and an “elevated atmosphere.” Although, the viral footage delivered considerably more combat than the restaurant’s website probably had in mind.
The Beverly Hills steakhouse offers plenty of pricey options, including an eye-watering $295 bone-in Wagyu tomahawk and a $135 bone-in ribeye.
The women involved say they wish their fellow fighter well, but don’t expect this particular group to be dining together again anytime soon.
Fair enough. Some dinner reservations are best left in the past.
