First, her new show, "The Russini Report," will air each Wednesday.Second, she is a victim of "heartbreaking" lies.Let's focus on that second point.CRAIG CARTON ISSUES AN APOLOGY TO ANGEL REESE, "I MISS YOU!" - DOWNLOAD NOWSplit showing Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and NFL reporter Dianna Russini.
(Getty Images)"The best way to describe what the last six months were like for me is heartbreaking," Russini told People."At the beginning of this, it was a nightmare.""The lies became so out of control," she continued.
"This was a runaway train, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.Once [my husband and I] realized nothing was going to stop this, it became unhealthy for us to read it because it wasn’t helping us heal.
It was piling on and adding to what we were already dealing with."What lies? Who told them? What is the truth? Russini's account omitted answers to all three questions.Instead, she offered an appeal for sympathy and avoided any accountability. For someone whose job relies on providing inside information to the public, that's a damning response to a seven-month-long scandal.At a minimum, Russini violated her former employer's ethical standards.
The Athletic said so in August."Russini’s relationship with Vrabel was in clear violation of The Athletic’s standards," Mike Semel of The Athletic said after an investigation into her reporting."Regardless of whether the relationship was romantic, it was a breach and should have been disclosed."That assessment leaves no room for dispute.BOBBY BURACK: RYAN CLARK CLAIMS ESPN INTERVIEWED SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM ABOUT TRANS ATHLETES TO IMPRESS OUTKICKIn April, Page Six published photos in April showing Russini alone with Vrabel at an adults-only resort in Arizona.
She claimed, a day after the report, that they happened to run into each other while she was on a hiking trip with female friends.Russini could have substantiated her explanation by providing photos from the supposed "girls' trip." She didn't.She seemi...