Olivia Nuzzi surfaces at star-studded LA event honoring ‘trailblazing women’ in first sighting since RFK Jr. sexting saga
Scandal-plagued New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi was spotted out for the first time — rubbing shoulders with celebs at an event honoring “trailblazing women” — since her sexting scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exploded into the public eye.
Nuzzi, 31, was snapped posing in a smart black suit with a lacy bra peeking out at the Los Angeles fashion event dinner hosted by the luxury label Argent last Thursday.
The event, held at the tony République restaurant in Los Angeles, celebrated trailblazing women, including “Fantastic Four” actress Kate Mara, filmmaker Ava DuVernay and a slew of other female journalists.
Nuzzi posed with former InStyle editor-in-chief Laura Brown and former CNN chief White House correspondent Jessica Yellin.
Nuzzi was previously featured in a campaign for Argent — the fashion brand worn by Kristen Bell, Jessica Alba and Meghan Markle.
“I’ve worn [Argent] to go get coffee in the morning and to interview the president,” the journo once captioned a 2019 Instagram snap showing her in a chic black striped outfit by the brand.
The star Washington correspondent hasn’t been seen in public since she confessed last month to embarking on a “personal relationship” with the former independent presidential candidate and Kennedy scion.
Multiple sources later described their liaison, which resulted in Nuzzi being sidelined by the magazine, as a tawdry sexting ordeal that kicked off after she interviewed him last year for a political profile piece.
The relationship was said to have started when Nuzzi was still engaged to her now-ex fiancé, Politico’s chief Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza, 50.
The former DC couple — who were working on a book togther — are now duking it out in court, where Nuzzi has accused him of blackmail while seeking a no-contact order against him.
Since then, wild allegations have been flung about on both sides — including that Nuzzi had bombarded Kennedy with X-rated photos and that Kennedy, who is married to actress Cheryl Hines, is a “sex addict.”
A source told Page Six that Nuzzi had sent RFK Jr., 70, “demure nudes” and the two even had “incredible” sex over FaceTime and said they loved one another.
In a recent court filing, Nuzzi claimed RFK Jr. wanted to “possess,” “control” and “impregnate” her during their tryst.
Nuzzi’s lawyers hit back at the claims.
“We reiterate what Ms. Nuzzi said in her request for a protective order: That Mr. Lizza’s intent is to harass and humiliate Ms. Nuzzi and that he is utilizing the press to do so — some of the very issues that drove Ms. Nuzzi to file for a protective order in the DC Superior Court,” the lawyers said.
“Filings such as this, full of salacious and irrelevant claims that we will not dignify with a response, further his efforts, as described in her initial filing for the protective order. Her only objective in seeking intervention from law enforcement and the court is to ensure her safety and be left alone.”
Nuzzi and Lizza broke off their engagement on Aug. 17 after he learned she’d been carrying on the fling with the 40-years-her-senior Kennedy scion for almost a year, the filing said.
RFK Jr. and Hines, meanwhile, were spotted holding hands this week at his mother Ethel Kennedy’s funeral.
Additional reporting by Oli Coleman and Ian Mohr
