Olivia Nuzzi ex Ryan Lizza takes leave of absence after NY Mag writer accuses him of blackmail over RFK Jr 'affair'

Ryan Lizza is reportedly taking a 'leave of absence' after a bombshell tribunal filing alleging he blackmailed ex-fiance Olivia Nuzzi complete her rumored matter pinch RFK Jr. 

The New York Magazine writer, 31, was placed connected time off past period aft it was revealed that she had engaged successful an 'emotional and integer affair' pinch nan erstwhile statesmanlike candidate, 70, aft she profiled him for a communicative successful November. 

On Tuesday, 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 will beryllium taking a mutually-agreed time off of absence from his activity astatine Politico.

Both Lizza and Politico - wherever Lizza is nan Chief Washington Correspondent - agreed to nan leave, which will past astatine slightest until an soul investigation is concluded, according to Semafor.

Both Nuzzi and RFK Jr. person insisted nan narration was ne'er physical, pinch their tryst reportedly extending to steamy sexting sessions and 'incredible' Facetime sex, arsenic friends told Page Six that Nuzzi was impressed by 70-year-old RFK Jr.'s 'sexual stamina'.

But Nuzzi has now lodged a tribunal filing successful Washington DC's Supreme Court making nan claims of blackmail against Lizza.

Lizza was issued pinch a no-contact bid astatine a tribunal proceeding connected Tuesday. He did not attend.

He told CNN in a statement: 'I americium saddened that my ex-fiancée would edifice to making a bid of mendacious accusations against maine arsenic a measurement to divert attraction from her ain individual and master failings. 

'I emphatically contradict these allegations and I will take sides myself against them vigorously and successfully.'

Nuzzi alleges Lizza began a run of harassment successful July successful an effort to blackmail her backmost into their relationship.

Nuzzi claims Lizza stole an physics instrumentality from her, hacked her, and past 'shopped' accusation astir to media outlets. 

The 31-year-old newsman claims her erstwhile partner is besides down her bosses uncovering retired astir her relationship pinch RFK Jr., perchance 'through a 3rd statement aliases anonymous channel.' 

A judge connected Tuesday ruled that Nuzzi tin person constabulary pinch her erstwhile she attempts to get her belongings backmost from Lizza. 

The matter will return to tribunal connected October 15. 

Lizza was antecedently nan New Yorker's Washington Correspondent but was fired successful 2017 owed to allegations of 'improper intersexual conduct', arsenic he joined a database of powerful manufacture figures to look allegations related to nan #MeToo movement. 

He had joined his assemblage sweetheart Christina Irene Gillespie, a family physician, astatine nan St. Regis Hotel successful Washington successful June 2004. The brace had 2 children but aft 11 years of marriage, they revenge for divorce.

In 2022, nan analogous exchanged rings to Nuzzi, who announced their betrothal connected Instagram pinch a bid of videos showing disconnected a huge, solitaire-cut sparkler connected her ringing finger.

The erstwhile mates were owed to people a book together astir nan 2020 predetermination which has since stalled. Page Six had reported that they were struggling to travel up pinch nan anticipated governmental scoops, pinch Biden's squad successful peculiar mistrustful of Nuzzi.

On Tuesday, DailyMail.com revealed close friends of RFK Jr's wife, character Cheryl Hines, are expecting her to record for divorce in nan aftermath of nan controversy. 

In an exclusive interview, a Hines confidante said nan tv star, 59, was 'blindsided' by nan ungraded and had believed her husband's philandering was a point of nan past. 

The tryst betwixt Kennedy and Nuzzi reportedly began aft she profiled him successful an unflattering article for New York Magazine successful November 2023.

In her story, Nuzzi condemned Kennedy's 'filthy' car, nan 'fear' driving his campaign, and really he tended to origin a 'simmering panic attack' successful Washington. 

Nuzzi wrote really she went hiking pinch RFK Jr. adjacent his $6.6 cardinal location successful Brentwood, California, which she acknowledged he shared pinch his woman Cheryl, champion known arsenic nan prima of Curb Your Enthusiasm. 

'Bobby, arsenic he’s known to friends, walked done nan French doors dressed for his greeting hike successful bluish jeans, a achromatic hoodie, Keens, and an unfriendly expression,' Nuzzi wrote.

She said she joined Kennedy successful his van, which resembled 1 that 'survived a atomic war' aliases 'the chicken-pox vaccine.'

'Rearview reflector smashed to bits, spot belts chewed off, cushions gnawed open, filth and canine hairsbreadth covering each surface. The decease instrumentality smells truthful bad I thought I mightiness walk retired aft astir 15 seconds riding shotgun,' she wrote.

The unflattering depiction of Kennedy continued arsenic Nuzzi described 'the astounding magnitude of discarded produced by his dogs' connected their hike, and recalled really he joyfully pointed retired 'coyote s***' to her during nan walk.

Although nan brace insist their narration was ne'er physical, it did reportedly widen to steamy texting and Facetime sessions. 

Nuzzi was placed connected placed connected time off aft she admitted to 'the quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal', successful a connection to DailyMail.com past month.