Looks like Whitney Port and Ben Nemtin’s relationship really is a match made in MTV heaven.

The City starlet and The Buried Life star copped to “hanging out” last month – but lately things seem to be getting more serious.

Nemtin recently helped Port celebrate her 25th birthday during an intimate bash at the Los Angeles restaurant Cecconi’s. And when he needed to be in Chicago last weekend to film The Oprah Winfrey Show for an episode scheduled to air April 9, Port joined her beau in the Windy City.

And it wasn’t all business: The new couple kicked back at the Chicago hotspot The Underground on Saturday night. In between sips of Patron, Port chatted with – and planted kisses – on her new guy.

As the Bachelorette’s Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski chatted with club owner Billy Dec, Port and Nemtin seemed smitten, says a source: “They were definitely flirty and affectionate.”

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While Whitney Port’s design career is taking off in stores, on the runway and on-screen, she may have hit her first major hiccup — a lawsuit filed by designer Adrienne Baravetto, who claims she helped Port design and launch her line (then called Eve & A) starting in 2007.

As first reported by TMZ.com, Baravetto alleges she had an oral agreement with Port and her father, including a $80,000 yearly salary plus a 25 percent stake in the company. Baravetto also alleges that she did virtually all the design work and that the Ports haven’t paid her a dime.

Port’s lawyer Michael A. Taitelman tells People, “The lawsuit that Adrienne Baravetto filed on March 19, 2010 against Whitney Eve, Inc., Whitney Port and others regarding the Whitney Eve clothing line is baseless and without merit. Whitney Port is, and always has been, the designer of Whitney Eve. Baravetto worked for Whitney Eve for a short period of time ending in early 2008. For more than two years, she has been silent. For reasons that we will uncover, she has decided to make these unsubstantiated allegations at this time. The defendants will vigorously defend themselves, and upon the successful conclusion of this lawsuit in their favor, they intend to hold Baravetto and her counsel accountable for their reckless conduct.”

Says Baravetto’s attorney Peter Maretz, “Ms. Baravetto did the heavy lifting for these designs and she just wants to get paid fairly.”

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Whitney Port showed off an array of choice facial expressions as she retrieved her luggage from a taxi in front of her Miami, FL hotel.

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It was a more of a non-denial confirmation this morning as Ben Nemtin from the cast of The Buried Life was clearly prepared to talk about the rumor that he and The City star Whitney Port are dating.

“I mean, we just met,” said Ben when asked if he’s dating Whitney. “When I’m in New York we’ve been hanging out but other than that, we just kind of met.”

Listen to the audio here

Source: RyanSeacrest.com

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