Olivia Nuzzi accuses former fiancée of revealing her ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A judge issued a civil protective order Tuesday against Olivia Nuzzi, the political writer who was sidelined for her ties to fringe candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after she accused her ex-fiancé of harassing and blackmailing her.

Nuzzi, New York Magazine's Washington correspondent, was placed on leave last month after admitting she had a “personal relationship” with Kennedy during his short-lived White House tenure.

“The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of conflict,” Nuzzi said in a statement at the time, while a Kennedy spokesman wrote that he “only once in his life met Olivia Nuzzi.” I met the interview I wanted.”, which resulted in a hit piece.”

In her request for a no-contact order, Nuzzi accused her former boyfriend Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist at Politico, of orchestrating a campaign of harassment and blackmail against her that culminated in the career-threatening disclosure last month.

Washington, D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Hildum granted Nuzzi's request and ordered Lizza not to have any contact with her until a hearing on October 15 and to stay at least 100 meters away. Lizza did not submit a response.

Nuzzi filed for the protection order on Monday, accusing Lizza of wanting to ruin her reputation after the relationship collapsed.

Lizza “explicitly threatened to make personal information about me public in order to destroy my life, career and reputation – a threat he has since made good on,” Nuzzi alleged in her filing Monday.

Nuzzi claimed that Lizza “hacked my devices to track and monitor me and collect materials to use as blackmail, to intimidate me back into a relationship, and to inflict public ridicule and humiliation as well as professional harm as punishment.” “If I don’t come back” to the relationship.”

The filing appears to link the disclosure to Lizza. “The defendant contacted my boss to initiate a discussion about the matter,” she wrote.

Nuzzi also accused him of “threatening physical violence to force me to accept his share of financial responsibility” as part of a joint book deal with a publisher.

Nuzzi did not elaborate on the alleged contract with Lizza, who was once fired from The New Yorker amid allegations of sexual misconduct. (Lizza disputed the magazine's decision at the time, calling it a “terrible mistake” to fire him for having a “respectful relationship with a woman I was dating.”)

Lizza could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday. He wrote in a statement to CNN on Tuesday: “I am saddened that my ex-fiancée has made a series of false accusations against me in an attempt to distract from her own personal and professional failings. “I strongly deny these allegations and will speak out forcefully and successfully defend against it.”

In November, Nuzzi wrote a lengthy article about Kennedy's long-term bid for the White House titled “The Mind-Blowing Politics of RFK Jr.'s Spoiler Campaign.” The subheading added: “He’s a conservative. He is a liberal. And he could turn the presidential race on its head.”

Kennedy, the son of the late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, is best known as an anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist.

He dropped out of the race in late August and endorsed Donald Trump, who also has a long history of spreading falsehoods and dangerous, unsubstantiated claims.