New York Magazine’s Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was placed on leave after she had an alleged affair with former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The pair’s romantic relationship was first reported by STATUS news.

A star reporter who covered Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign has been placed on leave after admitting a relationship with a former reporting subject.

The matter violated "standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures," the magazine says in a statement

After 'NY Mag' reporter Olivia Nuzzi was put on leave, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied having a relationship with the Washington correspondent.

"Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign," New York magazine said in a statement.

The reporter said that “some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal” earlier this year.

"Avoiding a nuclear war with Russia, which is the greatest nuclear power on earth … We need to avoid a war and start working toward peace."

Though Kennedy denies the report, Olivia Nuzzi was placed on leave by New York magazine due to an undisclosed personal relationship.

Olivia Nuzzi, the Washington correspondent for New York Magazine, is on leave after allegedly engaging in a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The news, first reported by Status, arrives months after Nuzzi’s profile story on Kennedy was published in the magazine.