Reese Witherspoon Steps Out for Date with Oliver Haarmann Wearing Hat That Has a Sweet Nod to New Relationship

Mar. 15, 2025

Oliver Haarmann and Reese Witherspoon in New York City on Oct. 1, 2024.Photo:TheImageDirect.com

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Reese Witherspoonis reppingOliver Haarmann’s team.

The actress-producer, 48, wore a hat emblazoned with the logo for the New York Islanders, the NHL team Haarmann is a minority owner of, as she and the financier stepped out for a date in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE last month that Witherspoon and Haarmaan had moved from friends to dating after they were spotted in N.Y.C. together, marking at leastthe second time in little over a month.

“They’re friends and it’s just casual,” a source said of the pair’s romance at the time.

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Deacon Phillippe (R) in New York City on Oct. 1, 2024.TheImageDirect.com

Witherspoon and Haarmann, who is also a founding partner ofSearchlight Capital, were previously photographed in the Big Apple on July 30.

A source told PEOPLE at the time that Witherspoon and Haarmann were “friends,” while another insider said theSweet Home Alabamaactress was “taking things slow when it comes to dating.”

“She enjoys it but doesn’t want it to be a big focus. She’s busy with work and her son,” said the source. “These are her biggest priorities.”

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Oliver Haarmann and Reese Witherspoon in New York City on Oct. 1, 2024.TheImageDirect.com

TheHello Sunshinefounder shares one child with talent agent Toth, 54: sonTennessee, 12. Witherspoon also shares two kids with her first husband,Ryan Phillippe: daughterAva Phillippe, 25, and son Deacon.

Haarmann is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard University, the latter of which he earned a master’s in business administration from, per hisLinkedIn. He started his career at KKR, a global investment firm in London, before leaving to found Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in 2010.

The financier has continued his role as a partner where he works with his two cofounders to oversee the firm’s activities and portfolio, per his bio on theirwebsite.

source: people.com