September 19, 2024 @ 7:46 PM
New york city Magazine’s star Washington reporter Olivia Nuzzi has actually departed after it was found she just recently took part in a “individual” relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the publication stated Thursday.
According to Oliver Darcy, who broke the story Thursday night, the publication just discovered of the relationship just recently, and before Nuzzi divulged it.
“Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the publication’s editors that she had actually taken part in an individual relationship with a previous subject appropriate to the 2024 project while she was reporting on the project, an offense of the publication’s requirements around disputes of interest and disclosures,” a representative for the publication informed Darcy in a declaration.
“Had the publication know this relationship, she would not have actually continued to cover the governmental project. An internal evaluation of her released work has actually discovered no mistakes nor proof of predisposition. She is presently on leave from the publication, and the publication is performing a more extensive third-party evaluation. We regret this offense of our readers,” the declaration continued.
In a declaration Thursday night, Nuzzi, 31, rejected that the relationship was ever “physical,” explaining it as “some interaction” that “turned individual.”
“Earlier this year, the nature of some interaction in between myself and a previous reporting topic turned individual. Throughout that time, I did not straight report on the subject nor utilize them as a source. The relationship was never ever physical however ought to have been revealed to avoid the look of a dispute. I deeply are sorry for refraining from doing so right away and ask forgiveness to those I’ve dissatisfied, particularly my coworkers at New York,” she stated.
It’s uncertain the length of time the relati0nship lasted, however Darcy reported Thursday that “an individual near Nuzzi” insists it did not start up until after the publication of her November, 2023 profile of Kennedy. Darcy likewise reported that 70-year-old Kennedy “boasted” about the relationship independently.
Kennedy has actually been wed to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” starlet Cheryl Hines given that 2014, his 3rd marital relationship. Nuzzi and Politico Chief Washington reporter Ryan Lizza revealed they were taken part in September, 2023.
Agents for Kennedy didn’t right away react to an ask for remark from TheWrap. Hines might not be grabbed remark.