Ex-fiance of RFK Jr’s mistress takes leave after blackmail allegations
Now Lizza, 50, will take a mutually agreed leave of absence from his job at Politico, where he is the Chief Washington Correspondent.
Star reporter Nuzzi was also placed on leave from her job at New York Magazine in her aftermath rumored rendezvous with the former presidential candidate going public last month.
The pair reportedly became close after Nuzzi wrote a profile piece about the politician.
According to friends of Kennedy’s actress wife Cheryl Hinesthe couple is now expecting to divorce after his alleged betrayal.
Both Nuzzi and Kennedy pushed for it relationship was never physicalbut according to Page sixthe alleged affair expanded to steamy sexting sessions and “incredible FaceTime sex.”
After Nuzzi’s blackmail claims, Lizza was given a restraining order during a court hearing on Tuesday. He was not present.
He told it CNN in a statement: “I am saddened that my ex-fiance is resorting to making a series of false accusations against me as a way to distract from her own personal and professional shortcomings.
“I emphatically deny these allegations and will vigorously and successfully defend myself against them.”
Nuzzi claims Lizza’s campaign of harassment began in July in an attempt to blackmail her back into their relationship.
She claims he stole an electronic device from her, hacked her and then ‘shopped’ information to the media.
Nuzzi claims that Lizza is also behind her bosses finding out about her connection to Kennedy, possibly “through a third party or an anonymous channel.”
A judge ruled Tuesday that Nuzzi can have police with her as she tries to get her belongings back from Lizza.
The case will return to court on October 15.
Lizza was previously a Washington correspondent for the New Yorker but was fired in 2017 amid allegations of “inappropriate sexual behavior.”
He married his college sweetheart Christina Irene Gillespie, a general practitioner, in June 2004 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, and the couple had two children.
But eleven years after their marriage, they filed for divorce.
