Overview
- Nuzzi’s ex-fiancé, Ryan Lizza, published a Telos News account alleging she had a physical relationship with former South Carolina governor and 2020 GOP hopeful Mark Sanford.
- Lizza says he found Kimpton Hotel stationery with an unfinished love letter dated March 5, 2020 addressed to “Mark,” which he viewed as confirming a sexual relationship.
- Media reports note Nuzzi profiled Sanford for New York Magazine in 2019, and Lizza says the discovery ended their engagement and derailed a joint 2020 campaign book project.
- Lizza also alleges an earlier financially supportive relationship between Nuzzi and Keith Olbermann; Olbermann publicly reacted on X by highlighting the Sanford allegation and sharing a “dodging bullets” meme.
- Outlets report that Nuzzi and Sanford have not provided substantive public responses, and the claims surface as excerpts of Nuzzi’s forthcoming memoir about her RFK Jr. digital relationship draw new attention.