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Dianna Russini was bringing home the bacon.<\/p>\n

The sports reporter was paid an annual salary of $800,000 working for the New York Times before she lost her job over the Mike Vrabel scandal, a former manager who knew Russini\u2019s income told the newspaper in a new report.<\/p>\n

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Russini was one of the highest-paid journalists at the Athletic, which was purchased by the Times in 2022 for $550 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time the story broke, the Athletic was in discussions with Ms. Russini about renewing her contract, which was set to expire at the end of June,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

In April, Page Six\u00a0released exclusive photos\u00a0of Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43, holding hands and hugging at a luxury resort in Sedona, Arizona.<\/p>\n

The New England Patriots head coach and the sportscaster \u2014 who are both married to other people \u2014 denied anything romantic was going on between them and insisted they were joined by other friends at the resort, despite eyewitnesses disputing their claims.<\/p>\n

Russini was subsequently\u00a0sidelined by the New York Times\u00a0and later\u00a0resigned from her position as senior NFL insider\u00a0at The Athletic.<\/p>\n

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Vrabel then announced that he would be skipping Day 3 of the 2026 NFL Draft to\u00a0seek counseling\u00a0and focus on family and personal matters.<\/p>\n

A day later, Page Six published exclusive photos of the former NFL player and Russini\u00a0kissing at a dimly-lit New York City bar\u00a0in 2020 \u2014 six years before their Arizona resort outing.<\/p>\n

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At the time, Mike was\u00a0already married to\u00a0his wife, Jen Vrabel, while Russini was slated to exchange vows with her now-husband,\u00a0Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt, just six months later.<\/p>\n

Russini\u00a0then deleted her social media accounts\u00a0and Mike and his wife had an\u00a0emergency 24-hour marriage summit\u00a0in Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n

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As of this month, the NYT investigation into Russini\u2019s affair is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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