The relationship was never physical, Nuzzi says, as reports identify Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose spokesperson deflects.

New York Magazine placed its star political reporter on leave after she disclosed a personal relationship with a former subject that reports said was Kennedy.

One of America’s most acclaimed magazine writers, Olivia Nuzzi of New York magazine, has been placed on leave while a “third-party review” is conducted after Nuzzi disclosed that she “had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign.