Olivia Nuzzi, the ex-New York Magazine political reporter who concealed a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while reporting on his presidential campaign, withdrew her protective order against ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza on Tuesday. The Washington ...

Olivia Nuzzi has withdrawn her protective order request against her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza months after her relationship with RFK Jr. was made public.

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 told

After news broke of her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Nuzzi accused ex-fiancé Lizza of harassment and blackmail, which he denied.

Ms. Nuzzi, a former writer for New York magazine embroiled in a scandal involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had accused her ex-fiancé of harassment and blackmail. By Katie Robertson Olivia Nuzzi, the high-profile New York magazine writer whose entanglement ...

Nuzzi filed an extraordinary set of explosive claims against Lizza in court on Sept. 29—accusing him of attempting to blackmail her into staying with him after he found out about her affair with RFK Jr., who is married to third wife Cheryl Hines.