Olivia Nuzzi’s Malibu dwelling hits rental market for $35K a month

The sprawling Malibu, CA, compound where journalist Olivia Nuzzi was reported to have been living in the wake of the fallout from her so-called “digital only” affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hit the rental market for the staggering price of $35,000 a month.

Nuzzi, 32, is understood to have been residing on the multistructure property when her book, “American Canto,” in which she reveals details about her relationship with RFK, was released in early December, as previously reported by The Post.

Now, property records show that the sprawling estate, which is located under an hour away from the Mandeville Canyon home RFK shares with his wife, Cheryl Hines, has been listed for lease—with the description hailing it as a rare home that “balances privacy, architectural integrity, and a relaxed coastal sensibility.”

The dwelling, “set on a private knoll” that overlooks Zuma Beach, features several different structures, including a primary dwelling, a one-bedroom guesthouse, and a detached wellness studio.

It’s unclear exactly which property Nuzzi was living in—or whether she is still residing on the compound now that it is on the rental market.

However, a November 2025 New York Times profile on the writer and former Vanity Fair journalist described her home as “a tiny house in the heart of Malibu where lizards crawl into her kitchen,” suggesting she may have been using the smaller guesthouse on the property.

Records show that the compound is currently owned by Thomas Stoilkovich Jr., who bought the property in 2013.

However, planning applications show that the compound as it exists today was only recently completed, with multiple permits granted for different work on the property filed in the past few years.

Today, the property, which spans nearly 2 acres, features a primary residence that is “anchored by vaulted, cedar-clad ceilings” and offers “expansive sliding glass walls” that open up to the beautiful scenery surrounding the home.

“Living and dining spaces open seamlessly to curated outdoor rooms designed for entertaining, lounging, and sunset gatherings,” the description continues.

The main house boasts a chef’s kitchen as well as a secondary prep kitchen and several private bedrooms suites in addition to the “serene” primary bedroom, which has its own enormous spa-inspired bathroom.

A wellness studio is equipped with its own gym and an infrared sauna, while the one-bedroom guesthouse is described as offering ample “flexibility” for visitors and loved ones.

Nuzzi, who was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, is understood to have moved to the West Coast in 2024, not long after reports first surfaced that she had been having an “affair” with 71-year-old RFK Jr.—an involvement that is said to have begun soon after she profiled him for a piece in New York Magazine.

After the allegations were brought to light, New York Magazine made the decision to “part ways” with Nuzzi, who all but vanished from the spotlight, until reemerging in L.A. months later, when she was named as the new West Coast Correspondent for Vanity Fair in early 2025.

In December, Vanity Fair announced that it had made the decision not to renew Nuzzi’s contract in the wake of continued fallout from her alleged relationship with RFK, which was extensively detailed in her book, although he was not mentioned by name.

Nuzzi claims in the tome that Kennedy repeatedly professed his love to her, claiming that she only returned that sentiment after he had said it first.

She further alleged that RFK had expressed his desire to have a baby with her.

Of the moment when the news of their affair broke, Nuzzi said that RFK suggested they spin it as nothing more than a physical dalliance, telling her: “If it’s just sex, I can survive it.”

At the same time the book was released, Nuzzi’s former fiancé, journalist Ryan Lizza, released a series of personal pieces about their relationship, claiming that his ex-partner’s decision to publish a book had made him feel he had no other choice but to share his side of the story.

In the first essay shared to his website, Telos News, insisted that “silence was [his] preference” over a public airing of their dirty laundry but that “unfortunately, silence no longer seems advisable or even possible.”

The essays not only discussed Nuzzi’s alleged relationship with Kennedy but also included allegations that Lizza had uncovered a romantic relationship between her and another high-profile politician: former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

Lizza’s claims were aired in a personal essay simply titled, “Part 1: How I Found Out,” detailing how he came across a collection of love notes that he says were written by Nuzzi to Sanford, inside the Georgetown townhouse they were sharing in Washington, DC, at the time.

Meanwhile, Kennedy’s wife, Hines, published her own book, “Unscripted,” in which she discussed her husband’s alleged affair—although she neglected to mention Nuzzi by name.

The comedian admitted that her husband’s involvement with Nuzzi was very nearly her breaking point—explaining that she “hit a wall” with regards to the rumors surrounding her marriage.

“Of course, I hated all of it,” she said. “The swirl of headlines, rumors, and insinuations was upsetting and overwhelming. I had hit a wall.”

The comedian was traveling in Europe with her daughters when the news initially broke and admitted that her first reaction was “a wave of indifference,” one that was caused by a seemingly endless barrage of negative press coverage about her relationship.

“I didn’t care what had happened, who said what, what was real, what wasn’t real, who was involved or why they were involved,” she shared. “I was fine with letting them all continue with the drama and the politics without me.

“It felt like a game people were playing and I wasn’t interested in participating. It was the end of the line for me.”

Eager to process the news alone, Hines extended her trip so she could “break down” without her daughters there, giving her a chance to figure out her own feelings before she spoke to Kennedy about it.

“I didn’t know what was going to happen when I returned home and saw Bobby again, but he was eager to talk to me,” she revealed.

When she flew back to the U.S., her husband was waiting to pick her up at the airport—and the pair didn’t even wait to return home before discussing the Nuzzi scandal, instead parking up and carrying out that emotional conversation in their car.

“We probably talked for an hour while the security team watched over the car,” she recalled. “I felt so distant from him. It seemed like the only threads that were connecting me to him were directly tied to all of our kids.”

It was, she said, her “adoration” and “respect” of her children that motivated her to “listen to what Bobby had to say” over the following days, during which they “locked [themselves] in a room and laid it all on the table.”

Ultimately, that no-holds-barred conversation spread to other pain points on both sides, with Hines explaining: “We talked about all of the painful times we’d been through in the last few years and what we meant to each other. We analyzed how we had become disconnected and what had kept us together.

“We went through all of the details about the latest story—what was true and what wasn’t.

“Through those soul-searching days, we tightened our ties that bind.”