Olivia Nuzzi makes shock legal move as 'digital affair' with RFK Jr. escalates into full blown court drama

Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza person made their adjacent moves in their tribunal battle complete her 'digital affair' pinch Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

New York Magazine parted ways pinch Nuzzi after she'd admitted to her bosses to having an 'emotional and digital' matter pinch Kennedy, who is married to character Cheryl Hines.

Nuzzi has hired powerful $800-per-hour lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld, who antecedently represented 1 of Matt Lauer's accusers and a whistleblower connected behalf of unprotected wellness workers during nan coronavirus.

Wilkenfeld, who replaces Nuzzi's earlier representatives from Jezic & Moysz - will beryllium busy, aft lawyers for Lizza - a co-author of Politico's Playbook newsletter - revenge papers trying to support Nuzzi from sealing their ineligible battle.

His attorneys opportunity that Nuzzi is unfairly trying to 'silence Mr. Lizza from telling his broadside of nan story.' 

Lizza is reportedly taking a 'leave of absence' aft a bombshell tribunal filing alleged that he blackmailed her complete nan rumored affair.

Nuzzi claimed successful DC Supreme Court that Lizza 'explicitly threatened to make nationalist individual accusation astir maine to destruct my life, career, and reputation—a threat he has since carried out.' 

Now, Lizza wants to support their ineligible conflict nationalist aft Nuzzi revenge a Civil Protective Order, of which Lizza was not alert until nan property covered it. 

'[He] wants his facts to beryllium connected nan nationalist record, has thing to hide, and respectfully requests that this Court contradict Ms. Nuzzi’s mobility to seal,' his attorneys wrote. 

'One would deliberation that arsenic an knowledgeable journalist, Ms. Nuzzi would stock this Court and Mr. Lizza’s committedness to nan press’s entree authorities to information,' they added. 

Lizza's reps request opportunity that Nuzzi is being unfair by trying to get nan lawsuit sealed earlier Lizza tin publically respond to her nationalist accusations against him. 

'[She] cannot supply and talk her Petition and its allegations pinch news organizations and past activity to seal nan very grounds she created truthful arsenic to soundlessness Mr. Lizza successful this litigation.' 

Lizza is represented by Bob Barnett and Simon Latcovich, who activity astatine a patient that represented Bill Clinton astatine his impeachment trial. 

The brace are group to yet meet up successful tribunal connected November 19.

Kennedy has insisted he only met nan governmental journalist erstwhile once she did a floor plan connected him past year.

'Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his life for an question and reply she requested, which yielded a deed piece,' his spokesperson told CNN. A root added that nan quality of nan narration was 'emotional and integer successful nature, not physical'.

But insiders told nan New York Post nan brace had engaged successful 'sexting' contempt RFK Jr. being joined and Nuzzi being engaged to Politico's main Washington analogous Ryan Lizza, 50, astatine nan time.

Nuzzi said that successful early 2024, nan quality of immoderate connection betwixt herself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal. 

'Earlier this year, nan quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal,' Nuzzi said.

'During that time, I did not straight study connected nan taxable nor usage them arsenic a source,' she said.

'The narration was ne'er beingness but should person been disclosed to forestall nan quality of a conflict. I profoundly regret not doing truthful instantly and apologize to those I've disappointed, particularly my colleagues astatine New York.'

New York mag acknowledged an inappropriate narration successful a connection astir Nuzzi's hiatus, deeming it 'a usurpation of nan magazine's standards astir conflicts of liking and disclosures'.

'Had nan mag been alert of this relationship, she would not person continued to screen nan statesmanlike campaign,' nan connection read. 

Nuzzi claimed successful DC Supreme Court that Lizza 'explicitly threatened to make nationalist individual accusation astir maine to destruct my life, career, and reputation—a threat he has since carried out.'

Lizza has said he ne'er hacked into immoderate of Nuzzi's devices but alternatively was told of nan narration and its quality by her. 

In her floor plan Nuzzi, described gathering nan erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner astatine nan $7 cardinal California location he shares pinch his wife.

She painted a image of RFK Jr. arsenic an anti-establishment candidate, 'turning nan statesmanlike predetermination upside down'.

'Fear — and denial — is what Kennedy seems to animate among nan staid Washington Establishment supporting nan incumbent president and nan gangland anti-Establishment Establishment supporting nan erstwhile president,' she wrote.

She touched connected conflict successful RFK Jr.'s matrimony complete his quality connected Steve Bannon's show and those of different right-wing personalities.

'Bannon was only nan beginning. Poor Cheryl,' Nuzzi wrote.

At nan clip nan portion was published, RFK Jr. was successful nan predetermination title arsenic an independent candidate, but has since dropped retired and endorsed Trump.

Nuzzi's past article, successful which she described examining Trump's receptor pursuing nan Butler assassination attempt, was published by nan mag connected September 9.