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Vanity Fair Will Let Olivia Nuzzi’s Contract Expire as RFK Jr. Stays Silent

The magazine’s move follows fresh unverified claims by Ryan Lizza that triggered a new review of her conduct.

Overview

  • Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi issued a joint statement saying her short-term West Coast editor contract will lapse at year’s end.
  • Ryan Lizza published what he says is a Nuzzi-written strategy memo for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., alleging she acted as a de facto operative.
  • Nuzzi has rejected Lizza’s account as abusive and misleading, and her lawyer has said she disclosed only one improper relationship in her memoir.
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to answer questions about the alleged affair and the purported memo when pressed by reporters in Washington.
  • Nuzzi’s book, American Canto, was released last week to sharply critical reviews that fault it for evasion and sparse self-examination.