Olivia Nuzzi she is withdrawing her request for a protective order against her ex-fiancé, her lawyer confirms to PEOPLE.

He former New York magazine reporter She previously filed the petition on September 30, alleging that Ryan Lizza stole and hacked her personal information and tried to blackmail her getting back into a relationship after your 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, November 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.”

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

He called his original motion for a protective order a “last resort” effort “to get out of a controlling and abusive relationship.” She hoped the order would force Lizza to allegedly “stop harassing and harming her through defamatory advertising and the circulation of pirated, stolen or manipulated materials that caused her concern.”

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

Lizza also responded to Nuzzi’s move, telling PEOPLE: “Olivia blatantly used litigation with false and defamatory accusations as a public relations strategy. “When asked to do so, he refused to defend his claims in court last month.”

He accused her of allegedly trying to hide her response to his accusations from the public, adding: “Now, on the eve of a hearing in which she knew her lies would be exposed, she has taken the only path available to her and withdrawn her fabricated claims. ”

He then referenced Nuzzi’s alleged relationship with Kennedy, which was said to have lasted a year before he found out.

“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 journalists. And she lied to the judge in this case. I said I would defend myself against She lies vigorously and successfully and I am fully prepared to do so, but for now, I am glad that 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 him for a November 2023 profile. In court papers filed last month, Lizza denied Nuzzi’s blackmail and hacking allegations as “defamatory lies.”

Although Nuzzi previously stated that the relationship between her and Kennedy was “non-sexual” and should have been “disclosed,” a representative for Kennedy previously claimed that she only met with Nuzzi once “for an interview she requested, which produced an article successful”.

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