A judge on Tuesday granted a protective order to Olivia Nuzzi, the political writer sidelined due to her ties to fringe presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who accused an ex-fiancé of harassing and blackmailing her.

Olivia Nuzzi accused her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza of blackmail and career threats in court documents. Lizza denied the allegations in a statement.

New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico, of orchestrating a harassment and blackmail campaign against her after their split and while Nuzzi had a personal relationship with Robert F.