Journalist Olivia Nuzzi, reporter within the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sexting scandal, has withdrawn her petition for a protecting order towards her former fiancé, journalist Ryan Lizza.
The former reporter for New York Magazine initially filed the petition on September 30, accusing Lizza of accessing her personal info with out permission and making an attempt to blackmail her after their engagement ended.
However, Lizza refuted Nuzzi’s accusations of blackmail and hacking as “defamatory lies.”
According to the courtroom paperwork, Nuzzi alleged that Lizza stole and hacked into her private knowledge and threatened her to coerce her again right into a relationship. She claimed the battle escalated after Lizza discovered of her “private relationship” with RFK Jr., which Nuzzi says Lizza later leaked to the press.
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Nuzzi ends authorized battle with Lizza
On Friday, November 8, Nuzzi formally filed to withdraw her petition. Her legal professional, Ari Wilkenfeld, instructed People in a press release, “Ms. Nuzzi has no real interest in combating a public relations battle.” Nuzzi additionally included her reasoning in a press release together with her movement to withdraw, describing her authentic request for a protecting order as a “final resort” to free herself from what she described as “a controlling and abusive relationship.”
She mentioned she initially hoped the order would stop Lizza from “harassing and harming her by means of defamatory publicity and circulation of hacked, stolen, and or doctored supplies” associated to her.
Nuzzi additional said that she needed Lizza to be legally restrained from committing or threatening dangerous actions towards her. She alleged that Lizza’s “harassment marketing campaign has intensified” since submitting for the protecting order. She has now determined to “disengage from this course of” and requested that her claims be dismissed.
Lizza has since responded to People, “Olivia shamelessly used litigation with false and defamatory allegations as a public relations technique. When required to take action, she refused to defend her claims in courtroom final month.”
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“On the eve of a listening to at which she knew her lies could be uncovered, she has taken the one course obtainable to her and withdrawn her fabricated claims.”
Lizza additionally blames Nuzzi for his alleged relationship with Kennedy, which he mentioned had been ongoing for almost a 12 months earlier than he found it.
Reports of Nuzzi’s alleged relationship with Kennedy surfaced in September, almost a 12 months after Nuzzi performed a 2023 profile interview with him.