Olivia Nuzzis ex slams her as a liar after she withdraws protective order against him in wake of RFK Jr. affair
Ryan Lizza dragged his star political journalist Olivia Nuzzi as a shameless “liar” after she withdrew a no-contact order she filed against him following her tawdry tryst with Robert F.Kennedy Jr.The 31-year-old ex-New York magazine writer filed a motion to dismiss a protective order against her former beau on Friday — more than a month after she accused the Politico writer of harassing and blackmailing her over her year-long texting affair with the Kennedy scion, Nuzzi’s attorney confirmed. “Olivia shamelessly used litigation with false and defamatory allegations as a public relations strategy.
When required to do so, she refused to defend her claims in court last month,” Lizza said in a statement to The Post. Lizza blasted his ex for “publicly seeking to seal the proceedings that she” started, adding that Nuzzi took the “only course available to her” to withdraw her “fabricated claims” on the eve of a hearing “at which she knew her lies would be exposed.”“Olivia lied to me for almost a year.She lied to her editors.
She lied to her readers.She lied to her colleagues.
She lied to reporters.And she lied to the judge in the case.
I said I would defend myself against her lies vigorously and successfully and I am fully prepared to do so.But for now, I’m pleased this matter is closed,” Lizza said. Ari Wilkenfeld, Nuzzi’s lawyer, argued the 31-year-old withdrew the no-contact order over growing fears for her physical safety and well-being amid the couple’s legal strife, adding that his client will benefit from “disengaging from this process,” according to the document filed in Washington, DC’s Superior Court on Friday, the Washington Post reported. In the filing, Nuzzi accused her former lover of scheming to publicly slander and destroy her name and reputation. “Ms.
Nuzzi has no interest in fighting a public relations battle,” Wilkenfeld said in a statement to The Post.Nuzzi was granted a no-contact order against L...