Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is on leave over an alleged relationship with RFK Jr.

A star New York Magazine political reporter has been placed on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a subject, whom reports have identified as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The magazine said in a statement Thursday that Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi had violated its standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures by engaging in a relationship with a “former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign” while reporting on the election.

“Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” it wrote.

New York Magazine editor in chief David Haskell said in a note to staff Friday morning that editors learned of the relationship "a few days ago" and immediately "took her off the 2024 campaign."

He said an internal review of Nuzzi’s published work since December found “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias" that require corrections. The magazine is engaging an unnamed independent third party to more thoroughly review her 2024 stories, which Haskell said will "influence our final disciplinary decision."

"As I made clear to Olivia, she had created at the very least the appearance of a conflict, and, by choosing not to disclose this to her editors, had violated our policies and potentially damaged our readers' trust," Haskell wrote.

Nuzzi, 31, has profiled political figures and chronicled presidential campaigns since joining the magazine’s staff in 2017.

She is known for her deeply reported features, in which she herself has at times become part of the story — like a 2019 story about texting with Rudy Giuliani and a 2018 incident in which she entered the office of former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski without permission.

Her recent stories