{"id":107270,"date":"2024-09-21T06:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T06:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/new-york-magazine-places-reporter-on-leave-after-alleged-relationship-with-rfk-jr\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T06:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T06:05:29","slug":"new-york-magazine-places-reporter-on-leave-after-alleged-relationship-with-rfk-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/new-york-magazine-places-reporter-on-leave-after-alleged-relationship-with-rfk-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Magazine places reporter on leave after alleged relationship with RFK Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"
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(NEW YORK) — New York Magazine placed its Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, on leave this week after it learned she allegedly “had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign,” the outlet said in a statement.<\/p>\n

According to the news outlet Status, the relationship was allegedly with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate who suspended his campaign last month and endorsed former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

In its statement, New York Magazine did not name Kennedy, and a spokeswoman for the outlet did not respond to an ABC News request to confirm that he is in fact the subject in question.<\/p>\n

But in statements, neither Nuzzi nor a Kennedy representative denied Status’ reporting that Kennedy was involved.<\/p>\n

“Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal,” Nuzzi said in a statement. “During that time, I did not directly report on the subject nor use them as a source. The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict. I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, especially my colleagues at New York.”<\/p>\n

Stefanie Spear, a Kennedy spokeswoman, told ABC News in a statement, “Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece.”<\/p>\n

Spear did not respond to a follow-up question about whether Kennedy denies the allegation of a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n

A profile by Nuzzi of Kennedy, in which she hiked with the candidate near his southern California home, published in November.<\/p>\n

At the time, Kennedy had recently dropped his Democratic presidential bid to run as an independent and was polling promisingly in swing states.<\/p>\n

But a cash shortage and a wave of unflattering headlines blunted his campaign.<\/p>\n

Kennedy is married to the actress Cheryl Hines, who has not commented publicly on the alleged relationship.<\/p>\n

Nuzzi\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9e, Ryan Lizza, Politico\u2019s Chief Washington Correspondent, wrote in the Friday\u2019s \u201cPlaybook\u201d newsletter, \u201cBecause of my connection to this story through my ex-fiancee, my editors and I have agreed that I won\u2019t be involved in any coverage of Kennedy in Playbook or elsewhere at POLITICO.\u201d<\/p>\n

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