Politico's Ryan Lizza on leave after ex Olivia Nuzzi accuses him of harassment, blackmail amid RFK Jr. tryst

Politico's main Washington analogous and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza is taking a permission of lack aft his ex-fiancée, Olivia Nuzzi, accused him of harassment and blackmail successful a tribunal filing. 

It was revealed past period that Lizza and Nuzzi had antecedently called disconnected their engagement erstwhile quality broke that the prima New York Magazine writer had been inappropriately progressive with erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

In the tribunal filing to Washington DC’s Superior Court connected Tuesday, Nuzzi reportedly claimed successful August that Lizza "explicitly threatened to marque nationalist idiosyncratic accusation astir maine to destruct my life, career, and reputation—a menace helium has since carried out." 

"POLITICO and Ryan Lizza person mutually agreed that it is successful everyone’s champion involvement for him to measurement backmost and instrumentality a permission of lack portion an probe is conducted," a Politico spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

NEW YORK MAG PUTS REPORTER OLIVIA NUZZI ON LEAVE FOR ALLEGED 'PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP' WITH RFK JR.

Politico's Ryan Lizza was placed connected permission aft his ex-fianceé Olivia Nuzzi accused him of harassment and blackmail successful a tribunal filing.  ( Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Nuclear Now)

Neither Lizza nor Nuzzi instantly responded Fox News Digital's requests for comment. 

Nuzzi had been placed connected permission by New York Magazine past period arsenic a effect of the Kennedy revelation.

Nuzzi alleged the harassment began successful July and accused Lizza of trying to blackmail her into staying together, according to CNN. 

"She said by the adjacent month, Lizza had stolen a idiosyncratic physics instrumentality from her, was hacking her devices, past anonymously buying accusation astir her to the media," CNN reported. "Some of the accusation whitethorn person been ‘doctored’ to wounded her more, Nuzzi alleged, and she believes Lizza impersonated ‘an anonymous run operative’ to springiness a governmental run accusation that would wounded her further, according to the tribunal records."

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Nuzzi besides accused Lizza of tipping disconnected her leader astir her narration with RFK Jr. perchance "through a 3rd enactment oregon anonymous channel" and that helium "threatened her with unit ‘to presume his stock of fiscal responsibility’ for a associated publication declaration they had," per CNN's reporting. 

A justice granted Nuzzi's request, temporarily barring Lizza from contacting her. A proceeding is acceptable for Oct. 15, giving a accidental for Lizza to respond successful court, though helium denied Nuzzi's allegations to CNN.

"I americium saddened that my ex-fiancée would edifice to making a bid of mendacious accusations against maine arsenic a mode to divert attraction from her ain idiosyncratic and nonrecreational failings. I emphatically contradict these allegations and I volition support myself against them vigorously and successfully," Lizza told CNN. 

New York Magazine enactment newsman Olivia Nuzzi connected permission pursuing an interior probe.  (Photo by Anna Friemoth, courtesy of Olivia Nuzzi)

Nuzzi's narration with RFK Jr. began precocious past twelvemonth aft she interviewed the then-independent statesmanlike candidate, who has since suspended his run and endorsed former President Trump. RFK Jr. is joined to histrion Cheryl Hines. 

It has been reported that Nuzzi initially denied she was personally progressive with RFK Jr. aft being confronted by her boss, New York Magazine exertion David Haskell, but yet came clean.

"Earlier this year, the quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal," Nuzzi said successful a connection past month. "I did not straight study connected the taxable nor usage them arsenic a source. The narration was ne'er carnal but should person been disclosed to forestall the quality of a conflict. I profoundly regret not doing truthful instantly and apologize to those I've disappointed, particularly my colleagues astatine New York."

A Kennedy spokesperson besides antecedently denied immoderate benignant of carnal narration and said helium had lone met Nuzzi once. 

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RFK Jr., joined to histrion Cheryl Hines, denies having a carnal narration with Nuzzi and insisted they lone met once. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

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"Mr. Kennedy lone met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his beingness for an interrogation she requested, which yielded a deed piece," a Kennedy spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

New York Magazine said successful its connection astatine the clip that Nuzzi would person been removed from her reporting duties connected the run if it had been made alert of the narration earlier.

"Had the mag been alert of this relationship, she would not person continued to screen the statesmanlike campaign. An interior reappraisal of her published enactment has recovered nary inaccuracies nor grounds of bias," New York Magazine said. 

"She is presently connected permission from the magazine, and the mag is conducting a much thorough third-party review," the connection continued. "We regret this usurpation of our readers’ trust."