Overview
- In a new Substack installment this week, Ryan Lizza alleges his ex-fiancée Olivia Nuzzi acted as a private operative for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sharing opposition research, exposing confidential sources, and helping head off damaging stories including the bear-cub carcass episode.
- Lizza also claims Nuzzi advised Kennedy on campaign strategy, from debate prep and wardrobe to seeking Secret Service protection and negotiating a Trump endorsement, while presenting herself publicly as a reporter.
- He further alleges Nuzzi arranged for artist Isabelle Brourman to bring a hidden recorder into Mar-a-Lago during a Trump sketch session to gather material for a profile and potential intel for Kennedy, a claim that could implicate Florida’s two-party consent law; the contents have not been disclosed.
- Vanity Fair says it is reviewing its ties to Nuzzi; a Brourman abstract nude portrait of Nuzzi titled “How to Disappear” is reported by ArtNews to be slated for the magazine’s Dec. 2 Hollywood issue and to be shown during Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Nuzzi’s lawyer calls Lizza’s writings an ongoing harassment campaign and notes she sought D.C. Superior Court intervention in 2024; Nuzzi has acknowledged a non-physical personal relationship with Kennedy, RFK Jr. has denied a romantic or sexual relationship, and several of Lizza’s claims remain unverified.