New York Magazine Told Olivia Nuzzi To Write Article About ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With RFK Jr. or Be Fired: Friend

The Substacker Jessica Reed Kraus, who spoke at length to Nuzzi, a close friend, says the star writer refused the offer to disclose details about her relationship with RFK Jr.

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Olivia Nuzzi and her then-fiancé, Ryan Lizza. The couple's relationship publicly exploded amid her admission of an inappropriate, non-physical relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while she was covering him for New York magazine. Twitter

New York magazine’s former star Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, was told by her editors she could save her job if she wrote a piece about her emotional affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a close friend who spoke at length with the controversial reporter. 

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