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.

Last month, the 70-year-old politician was allegedly caught having an affair with New York Magazine journalist Olivia Nuzzi, who is nearly 40 years his junior.

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.