Ryan Phillippe and his restaurant are catching some authorized smoke … ‘trigger a lady is suing them after one in all their candles allegedly caught her hair on hearth.

Jody Sanders is suing Phillippe, occasions professional Jeffrey Finest, and the restaurant The Hideaway for common negligence … claiming that regardless that she wasn’t within the kitchen, she could not stand the warmth at lunch at some point.

Sanders claims again in April 2024 she attended an occasion on the Beverly Hills hotspot the place Phillippe’s an investor. Whereas sitting on the bar, Sanders alleges, her hair was burned by an “unattended wax candle burning on the bar’s floor.” She’s looking for an unspecified quantity of damages.

Sources acquainted with the scenario inform us Phillippe is a minority investor together with a number of different individuals. He doesn’t personal The Hideaway.

The Hideaway opened in Beverly Hills in July 2022 … counting Phillippe and Diana Ross‘ son Evan amongst its buyers.

It is a elegant steakhouse and taco joint … charging upwards of $125 for a high-quality steak and providing bar tacos full of Chilean seabass.

Philippe’s been one of many hottest actors in Hollywood since he rose to fame in movies like “Merciless Intentions” and “I Know What You Did Final Summer time” — although that is in all probability too steamy even for him to deal with.