New details emerge about RFK Jrs creepy move with reporter Olivia Nuzzi before sexting scandal: report
Robert F.Kennedy Jr.
reportedly grabbed reporter Olivia Nuzzi’s hand while she was interviewing him last year before they began their alleged sexting exchange, according to another journalist who called the ex-presidential candidate’s move “creepy.” Kennedy, 70, and Nuzzi, 31, were on a hike during the interview for her November 2023 profile of the candidate for New York Magazine when he allegedly grabbed her hand, according to multiple sources who recounted the incident to Vanity Fair.Nuzzi later spilled the details about what happened to a colleague who claimed to have had a similar “creepy” encounter with the Kennedy scion, the outlet reported.
Nuzzi declined to comment on the incident.Kennedy did not immediately respond when reached for comment.
But the alleged incident raises questions over Kennedy’s allegations that Nuzzi was the instigator and aggressor in their scandalous online romance.The politician said he is considering filing a lawsuit against Nuzzi since the news of their digital tryst broke, with a mutual friend claiming she allegedly “bombarded” him with nude pictures over the course of several months.The pair reportedly began speaking sometime after Nuzzi’s feature of the then-Independent presidential candidate ran in New York Magazine.
The political reporter has since been placed on leave from the publication and the magazine has apologized in a statement after the editors were made aware of their relationship last Thursday.Nuzzi has claimed that “the relationship was never physical” and Kennedy’s team said the two had only met in person once — for last fall’s story.Kennedy has since hired security expert Gavin de Becker to investigate the saga with a potential civil or criminal lawsuit forthcoming, according to pal Jessica Reed Kraus, who knows them both.Kraus said that Kennedy tried several times to block Nuzzi’s number, only for her to continue to send him racy photos when he would periodically unblock her whe...