Olivia Nuzzi Accuses Ryan Lizza of Exposing Details to ‘Destroy’ Her

New York Journal political reporter Olivia Nuzzi is accusing ex-fiance Ryan Lizza of exposing “private” particulars about her within the hope of tarnishing her life.

In keeping with CNN, Nuzzi, 31, submitted a courtroom submitting in Washington, DC’s Supreme Court docket on Tuesday, October 1, that detailed Lizza’s alleged actions in “mid-August,” which was roughly one month previous to the couple revealing their cut up on September 20.

The outlet reported that Nuzzi wrote within the submitting that Lizza “explicitly threatened to make public private details about me to destroy my life, profession, and repute—a risk he has since carried out.”

The dramatic flip of occasions comes after particulars into Nuzzi’s alleged reference to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., husband of actress Cheryl Hines, had been revealed publicly on September 20. (Nuzzi acknowledged the connection in a press release shared with the outlet on the time, confirming that she “had engaged in a private relationship with a former topic related to the 2024 marketing campaign whereas she was reporting on the marketing campaign.”)

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Throughout Tuesday’s courtroom listening to, which Lizza, Politico’s chief Washington correspondent, was absent from, Nuzzi was granted a “momentary no-contact order” towards Lizza, per CNN.

In a press release on Tuesday, Lizza denied Nuzzi’s accusations, telling CNN, “I’m saddened that my ex-fiancée would resort to creating a sequence of false accusations towards me as a option to divert consideration from her personal private {and professional} failings. I emphatically deny these allegations and I’ll defend myself towards them vigorously and efficiently.”

Nuzzi was positioned on depart by New York Journal simply previous to the outlet releasing a public apology after Nuzzi’s relationship with Kennedy Jr. was uncovered. The outlet acknowledged that Nuzzi didn’t disclose a “private relationship” with an undisclosed topic. (Nuzzi had written a function on RFK Jr. in 2023.)

“She [Nuzzi] is at the moment on depart from the journal, and the journal is conducting a extra thorough third-party evaluate,” the New York Journal assertion learn. “We remorse this violation of our readers’ belief.”

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For his half, RFK Jr., 70, has denied having an “inappropriate relationship” with Nuzzi, with a consultant telling NBC Information on September 20 that he “solely met Olivia Nuzzi as soon as in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded successful piece.”

Per Nuzzi and Lizza’s social media accounts, the pair had been engaged since 2022. It’s not clear precisely when the couple determined to go their separate methods.

In a press release revealed by Politico‘s Playbook part on September 20, Lizza acknowledged: “Due to my connection to this story by way of my ex-fiancée, my editors and I’ve agreed that I gained’t be concerned in any protection of Kennedy in Playbook or elsewhere at Politico.”