RFK Jr. makes bombshell claims about 'obsessed' Olivia Nuzzi as friend says former presidential candidate found star reporter's 'pornographic photos and videos difficult to resist'

A person of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that Olivia Nuzzi was 'obsessed' with the erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner arsenic she pursued him with photos and videos since her 2023 profile. 

Nuzzi, a 31-year-old Washington analogous for New York Magazine, was placed connected permission aft she'd admitted to her bosses to having an 'emotional and digital' affair with Kennedy.

It was aboriginal revealed she sent the 70-year-old scion nudes described arsenic 'demure' by a root who spoke to Puck News -the outlet to archetypal study the communicative Friday night.

However, a Substack writer and 'friend' of RFK Jr. says that this was portion of a relentless run to woo him, though sources adjacent to Nuzzi person claimed she was not the aggressor successful the situation.

Jessica Read Kraus claims that her person Kennedy archetypal received interaction from Nuzzi successful November of 2023 aft she'd published the communicative astir going hiking with the statesmanlike candidate.

She said Nuzzi flirted with him initially, but Kennedy responded to her by blocking the telephone number.

Weeks later, Kraus says that Nuzzi sent him an email to unblock her fig truthful that she could springiness him 'urgent accusation astir a deed portion being prepared against him'. 

Kennedy relented but soon re-blocked her aft she sent him a 'provocative picture', Kraus says. 

For the adjacent 8 months, she claims Nuzzi remained blocked but would effort to support Kennedy engaged via emails, again claiming a deed portion was 'imminent' until finally, helium fto up. 

'Once unblocked, she bombarded him with progressively pornographic photos and videos that helium recovered hard to resist,' Kraus said.

Kennedy has reportedly hired information adept Gavin de Becker to analyse arsenic portion of a imaginable civilian suit and adjacent transgression referrals against Nuzzi. 

'This had thing to bash with romance, helium was being chased by porn.' de Becker said.

The researcher claims that Nuzzi had unsuccessfully tried to get Kennedy to conscionable her successful idiosyncratic aggregate times.

Sources adjacent to Nuzzi, however, portion not denying the hostility betwixt the two, told the New York Post she was not trying to hunt him down.

'It's perfectly untrue that she was the aggressor, but some parties were alert of however precocious unit and precocious hazard the circumstances were and for that crushed their connection was precise connected and off,' the root said. 

Nuzzi's editor-in-chief David Haskell past confronted Nuzzi astir the matter 5:30pm connected September 13 astatine the magazine's bureau successful Manhattan, insiders told The Daily Beast, adding however Haskell had besides told Nuzzi that helium had been informed by a root astir Kennedy bragging astir his 'romantic' narration with her arsenic well.

He mentioned the nude photos specifically, the root said, citing however Nuzzi had initially denied the narration to her boss. 

But aft being confronted, she allegedly came clean, the root said - arsenic it's been revealed her engagement to Politico newsman Ryan Lizza has been called off. 

Kennedy's alleged bragging came arsenic helium remains married to Curb Your Enthusiasm prima Cheryl Hines. He announced a suspension to his run August 23, and connected Thursday denied ever gathering Nuzzi - speech from for a November illustration piece.

'Mr. Kennedy lone met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his beingness for an interrogation she requested, which yielded a deed piece,' a Kennedy spokesperson told CNN Thursday, arsenic reports of the pair's alleged narration swirled.

A root acquainted with the substance told the Beast Saturday that the 2 had met aggregate times, but besides maintained the pair's narration ne'er got physical.

Haskell, meanwhile, enactment the Forbes' 30 Under 30 alum connected leave, with his mag issuing a connection online Thursday acknowledging the situation.

Acknowledging the narration arsenic well, it read: 'Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine's editors that she had engaged successful a idiosyncratic narration with a erstwhile taxable applicable to the 2024 campaign.'

The connection asserted the narration was occurring 'while [Nuzzi] was reporting connected the campaign, a usurpation of the magazine's standards astir conflicts of involvement and disclosures.

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

The bulletin, issued conscionable earlier reports of the sexts began to circulate, concluded with the revelation the staffer who has had stints astatine some the Daily Beast and the Daily News was presently connected permission from the magazine.

'[T]he mag is conducting a much thorough third-party review,' it added. 'We regret this usurpation of our readers' trust.' 

As indicated, Nuzzi reportedly met Kennedy Jr - the lad of slain Attorney General Robert F Kennedy Sr - when doing a illustration connected him for a New York mag portion published this past November. 

The root who spoke to the Beast said they person since met aggregate times astatine nationalist functions, contrasting claims from Kennedy Jr's camp.

When contacted by the Beast this week, the person reportedly did not respond, portion Nuzzi reportedly declined to talk connected the matter.

The mag wherever she's worked has yet to remark speech from the scathing statement.

Back In November, the then-candidate tweeted retired the aforesaid nonfiction - titled The Mind-bending authorities of RFK Jr's Spoiler Campaign - calling it 'provocative.'

Meanwhile, his denials travel successful the look of reports that he's already cheated connected aggregate lovers successful the past.

His 2nd wife, Mary Richardson, died by termination successful 2012, and erstwhile told a person her hubby regularly utilized aliases during trysts crossed the globe. 

The biology lawyer besides documented his extramarital exploits successful a bid of diaries obtained by the New York Post successful the aftermath of Richardson's death, penning hundreds of pages describing depraved enactment acts successful 2001.

He aboriginal said the diaries were 'a instrumentality for self-examination and for dealing with my spiritual struggles astatine the time.'

On Friday, aft being met with inquiries astir the trysts from a Post reporter, helium said aft a little play of silence: 'I don't deliberation determination is immoderate mode you could person a diary oregon diary of excavation from 2001. 

'I don't person immoderate remark connected it,' helium added, earlier asserting: 'I person nary diary from 2001.'

Sources besides told the Post that Kennedy Jr. and Nuzzi had been sexting astatine immoderate constituent this year. 

She presently lives successful Washington, DC, wherever erstwhile fiancé Ryan Lizza lives arsenic well. He works arsenic Politico's main Washington correspondent.

The two, however, divided past period - a revelation made by Lizza successful a connection Friday explaining wherefore the day's variation of the Politico 'Playbook' did not diagnostic a communicative astir the affair. 

'Because of my transportation to this communicative done my ex-fiancée, my editors and I person agreed that I won't beryllium progressive successful immoderate sum of Kennedy successful Playbook oregon elsewhere astatine POLITICO,' helium said.

The 2 had been engaged since September of 2022, but ne'er tied the knot.

Some of Nuzzi's associates person reportedly precocious the thought her erstwhile occurrence leaked quality of his ex's extracurricular texts to RFK to Haskell and New York arsenic a signifier of retribution. That remains to beryllium seen.

Nuzzi archetypal gained notoriety arsenic a 20-year-old intern for disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose sexting ungraded forced him to resign from Congress successful 2011.

She spent a period moving for Weiner before penning astir her acquisition for the New York Daily News, and yet taking a occupation with Daily Beast successful 2014.

She worked determination for 3 years, earlier being named to Forbes' 2018 '30 Under 30.' 

The pursuing year, she was awarded the American Society of Magazine Editors' 'NEXT' grant for breakthrough journalists nether the property of 30, for her archetypal twelvemonth of enactment arsenic New York's Washington correspondent.   

News of her inappropriate behavior, meanwhile, has caused ripples crossed the media manufacture - started Thursday erstwhile Status newsman Oliver Darcy archetypal reported connected the romanticist relationship. 

The report, published days aft the alleged gathering with Haskell, described a months-long matter that Nuzzi failed to disclose to her editors - starring to Nuzzi to admit the narration to The Daily Beast, contempt maintaining it was ne'er physical.

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

'During that time, 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.'

The interior probe into the two's relationship, reportedly being carried retired by New York's genitor institution Vox, remains ongoing.

Hines, 59, has yet to contented a connection astir her husband's alleged affair.