{"id":5012,"date":"2026-06-08T00:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/exclusive-nyt-investigation-into-dianna-russini-still-not-finished-2-months-after-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:48:58","slug":"exclusive-nyt-investigation-into-dianna-russini-still-not-finished-2-months-after-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/exclusive-nyt-investigation-into-dianna-russini-still-not-finished-2-months-after-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | NYT investigation into Dianna Russini still not finished 2 months after Mike Vrabel photo scandal &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F130164740.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Times ticking!<\/p>\n<p>Some inside the New York Times building are beginning to wonder what\u2019s taking so long with the Dianna Russini investigation, we\u2019re told \u2014 but top editors have reiterated promises that it\u2019s coming. Though they say a report is still \u201cweeks\u201d away.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>New York Times staff are getting antsy as an internal probe into former NFL reporter Dianna Russini drags on for weeks. <span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Internal strife at the Times began after the Athletic\u2019s top editor, Steven Ginsberg, immediately backed Russini, saying that the pictures were \u201cmisleading and lack essential context\u201d \u2014 then <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/entertainment\/dianna-russinis-boss-releases-statement-after-her-resignation-over-mike-vrabel-photos-and-admits-new-questions-were-raised\/\">saying days later that<\/a> \u201cadditional information emerged [and] new questions were raised.\u201d He pledged an inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Russini \u2014 who has staunchly denied an affair \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/entertainment\/nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-resigns-from-the-athletic-after-photos-with-mike-vrabel\/\">resigned on April 14<\/a>, saying she \u201cstand[s] behind every story I have ever published.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and reporter Dianna Russini relaxing by a pool. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page SIx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The investigation began after Page Six published photos of Russini holding hands with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, leading to her resignation. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page SIx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But two months later, Russini\u2019s colleagues still don\u2019t have answers \u2014 and insiders tell us that, while announcement of the probe quelled some concerns, the long wait is beginning to raise them anew.<br \/>Now we\u2019re told Ginsberg addressed the matter at a routine all-hands meeting of Athletic staffers last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to take a few more weeks,\u201d he said, \u201cThere\u2019s just a lot to go through, and we obviously want to take our time and be careful doing that. We will update everybody when we get to the end of that. We\u2019ve also said that if we find anything that needs to be corrected, we will correct it along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/07\/celebrity-news\/nyt-investigation-into-dianna-russini-still-not-finished-2-months-after-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-causing-staff-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Times ticking! Some inside the New York Times building are beginning to wonder what\u2019s taking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/130164740.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}