RFK Jr and wife Cheryl Hines' tense exchange as they put on united front at Al Smith charity dinner

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines looked tense arsenic they attended the Al Smith foundation dinner, their archetypal ceremonial lawsuit since RFK Jr's rumored sexting matter with Olivia Nuzzi.

The quality astatine the yearly governmental roast and societal gala comes days aft the brace looked loved-up at the household compound pursuing the decease of Kennedy's mother, Ethel.

Hines was wearing a figure-hugging, sparkly golden formal with bateau neckline, long sleeves and 1 acold shoulder, portion Kennedy wore a tux. Notably, Hines wore her wedding ringing arsenic well.

Kennedy and Hines were successful attendance alongside a uncommon quality unneurotic from some Donald and Melania Trump astatine the New York City dinner. 

The achromatic necktie meal successful New York raises millions of dollars for Catholic charities and has traditionally offered candidates from some parties the accidental to commercialized light-hearted barbs and amusement that they tin get on - oregon astatine slightest unreal to - for 1 nighttime successful the election's last stretch.

The nonaccomplishment of the Kennedy dynasty matriarch, Ethel, 96, past week, appeared to person thawed immoderate lingering frostiness betwixt the mates pursuing his alleged matter with Nuzzi, 31. 

Rumors had been swirling that Hines was readying to divorcement the erstwhile statesmanlike candidate, pursuing allegations helium had a sexting narration with the suspended New York mag reporter. 

Hines and RFK Jr got java unneurotic past week contempt reports that the 2 person hardly spoken implicit the past 2 weeks since allegations surfaced of his alleged matter with Nuzzi.

Late past month, Nuzzi, 31, the Washington, D.C. prima governmental analogous for New York magazine, acknowledged having a sexting narration with Kennedy, 70, portion covering his campaign.

Kennedy, who suspended his autarkic bid for president and threw his enactment down Donald Trump successful August, claimed the 2 had lone met erstwhile once Nuzzi interviewed him for the magazine.

Nuzzi's ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza is reportedly taking a 'leave of absence' aft a bombshell tribunal filing alleged that helium blackmailed her implicit the rumored affair.

She claimed successful DC Supreme Court that Lizza 'explicitly threatened to marque nationalist idiosyncratic accusation astir maine to destruct my life, career, and reputation—a menace helium has since carried out.'

Earlier this week, Lizza claimed that Kennedy wished to 'possess,' 'control,' and 'impregnate' ex-fiancée Olivia Nuzzi arsenic helium harshly denies blackmail allegations successful court.

He says helium ne'er hacked into immoderate of Nuzzi's devices but alternatively was told of the narration and its quality by her. 

'I discovered that Ms. Nuzzi had been cheating connected maine with a joined antheral [RFK Jr.] for astir a year. She admitted the matter and implicit the people of weeks of conversations she confided however she fell into what she described arsenic a "toxic" "unhealthy" "stupid" "psychotic" "crazy" "indefensible" narration with a 70-year-old 'sex addict' who told her helium wanted to "possess", "control" and "impregnate" her.

'She told maine that determination was a immense powerfulness disparity betwixt them and that helium manipulated her. 

'No instrumentality of Ms. Nuzzi's was ever hacked to larn immoderate of this information. Almost everything I cognize astir her matter comes straight from Ms. Nuzzi herself,' helium further wrote.

He besides noted that it was Nuzzi, 31, who approached him to reconsider aft helium broke disconnected the engagement and asked her to determination retired of their Washington DC location successful mid-August. 

In the bombshell tribunal papers, Lizza further claimed that Nuzzi's 'recklessness is solely liable for the "public ridicule," "humiliation" and "professional damage" she says she has suffered'.

He called the allegations 'a disgraceful prevarication contradicted by the astir basal facts'. 

The elder analogous besides fervently denied threatening carnal unit against his erstwhile spouse - alternatively claimed that helium 'would ne'er bash thing to wounded her'. 

'I person ne'er threatened carnal unit against Ms. Nuzzi. Period Nor has determination ever been immoderate existent carnal violence. Ever,' documents read. 

Surprisingly, Lizza did clarify that helium told Nuzzi should wage backmost the couple's new  publication beforehand arsenic it was the 'second statesmanlike rhythm successful a enactment wherever Nuzzi's idiosyncratic indiscretions person sabotaged our publication project'. 

In the end, the Washington newsman claimed that helium has been harassed by Nuzzi alternatively done these mendacious accusations. 

'Ms. Nuzzi is wasting this Court's clip and is abusing the protections meant for survivors of home unit to ruin my estimation successful a last-ditch effort to salvage her own,' helium yet wrote.

Nuzzi and Lizza were owed to look earlier a justice successful Washington DC implicit the October 1 bid which barred him from speaking to her oregon utilizing worldly helium allegedly hacked from her. 

But aft the lawsuit was not called, the clerk astatine the District of Columbia Superior Court said that the substance was 'in negotiation'.

That means the 2 sides are moving with a tribunal mediator to resoluteness the dispute.

If they are incapable to, it volition travel earlier Judge Sean Staples, the lawman presiding justice for domestic violence matters, to determine whether to renew the nary interaction bid oregon disregard it.

The hour-long proceeding was expected to beryllium a accidental for the Washington analogous to contiguous his broadside of events to the court. 

Instead, some sides look to beryllium making an effort to scope an amicable solution to what happens adjacent with the order, which expires connected Tuesday and would person to beryllium renewed by the judge.

Both Lizza and Nuzzi logged into the proceeding via video nexus but did not amusement their faces. The negotiations are not being held successful public.

Lizza volition beryllium taking a mutually agreed permission of lack from his enactment astatine Politico.