“Ms. Nuzzi has no interest in fighting a public relations battle,” Nuzzi’s attorney, Ari Wilkenfeld, told PEOPLE

Olivia Nuzzi is withdrawing her petition for a protective order against her ex-fiancé, her attorney confirms to PEOPLE.

The former new york magazine reporter previously filed the petition on September 30, alleging that Ryan Lizza stole and hacked her personal information and he tried to blackmail her back into a relationship after their engagement ended. Their engagement was called off after Lizza discovered her alleged “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nuzzi also claimed that Lizza leaked details to the media.

On Friday, Nov. 8, Nuzzi filed a motion to withdraw his claims.

Her attorney, Ari Wilkenfeld, confirms the decision in a statement, telling PEOPLE, “Ms. Nuzzi has no interest in fighting a public relations battle.”

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Nuzzi further explained her decision in a statement included in her motion, obtained by PEOPLE.

She called her initial motion for a protective order a “last resort” effort “to extricate herself from a controlling and abusive relationship.” She hoped the order would force Lizza to “cease harassing and harming her through defamatory advertising and the circulation of pirated, stolen and/or doctored material about her”.

She also wanted Lizza ordered not to commit or threaten to commit crimes against her, later adding that his “campaign of harassment has intensified” since she filed for the protective order. She said she would move forward by “disengaging from this process,” asking that her petition be dismissed.

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Lizza also responded to Nuzzi’s move, telling PEOPLE, “Olivia has shamelessly used litigation with false and defamatory allegations as a PR strategy. When asked to do so, she refused to defend her claims in court last month.”

He accused her of trying to hide her response to her allegations from the public, adding: “Now, on the eve of a hearing where she knew her lies would be exposed, she has taken the only course available and retracted. fabricated claims”.

He then referenced Nuzzi’s alleged relationship with Kennedy, which was said to have been going on for a year before he found out about it.

“Olivia lied to me for almost a year. She lied to her editors. She lied to her readers. She lied to her colleagues. She lied to reporters. And she lied to the judge in this case. I said I would defend myself against her lie vigorously and successfully, and I am fully prepared to do so. But for now, I am glad this matter is closed.

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Reports of a relationship between Nuzzi and Kennedy, who married Cheryl Hines in 2014, first appeared in September, nearly a year after she interviewed them for a November 2023 profile. In court papers filed last month, Lizza denied Nuzzi’s claims of blackmail and hacking as “defamatory lies”.

Although Nuzzi previously stated that her and Kennedy’s relationship was “not sexual” and should have been “disclosed,” a rep for Kennedy previously claimed that she only met with Nuzzi once “for an interview that she requested, which gave a successful piece”.

Nuzzi and Lizza were due back in court this month before she dismissed her claims.