NEW YORK (NY)
Fox News
December 11, 2017
By Brian Flood
The New Yorker has severed ties with star reporter Ryan Lizza in response to behavior the magazine described as “improper sexual conduct.”
Lizza emerged as a household name last summer after he recorded a phone call with then-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who went off on a profanity-laced tirade. President Trump fired Scaramucci after less than two weeks.
“The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct. We have reviewed the matter and, as a result, have severed ties with Lizza. Due to a request for privacy, we are not commenting further,” the magazine said in a statement.
Lizza is also a contributor to CNN and the network put out its own statement shortly after the news broke.
“We have just learned of the New Yorker’s decision. Ryan Lizza will not appear on CNN while we look into this matter,” a CNN spokesperson said.
“I am dismayed that The New Yorker has decided to characterize a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate,” Lizza said in a statement to the media. “I am sorry to my friends, workplace colleagues, and loved ones for any embarrassment this episode may cause. I love The New Yorker… But this decision, which was made hastily and without a full investigation of the relevant facts, was a terrible mistake.”
“In no way did Mr. Lizza’s misconduct constitute a ‘respectful relationship’ as he has now tried to characterize it,” the unnamed accuser’s attorney, Douglas Wigdor, told a Washington Post reporter.
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