Photographs of Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and NFL insider Dianna Russini hanging out at an adults-only Arizona resort were shopped around before they were ultimately published by the New York Post earlier this week, sources told FOS.
TMZ received a tip about the photos of Vrabel and the senior NFL insider for The Athletic, FOS has learned.
An anonymous tipster reached out to the outlet, saying that Vrabel was hanging out with an unidentified woman. When TMZ staffers evaluated the photos, they eventually realized that it was Russini. The anonymous tipster was not from a known paparazzi or photo agency, and requested an unspecified sum in the “four figures.” As TMZ’s newsroom deliberated whether this was a legitimate story or too “bedroom police-y,” the Post’s Page Six vertical ran with it, rendering the debate moot, a source said.
A TMZ spokesperson did not respond to multiple emails seeking comment.
Multiple sources told FOS the pics were shopped around before the Post published its story on Tuesday. Page Six’s original post on X/Twitter featuring the pics has drawn more than 9.3 million views as of Thursday evening.
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Photographs of Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and NFL insider Dianna Russini hanging out at an adults-only Arizona resort were shopped around before they were ultimately published by the New York Post earlier this week, sources told FOS.
TMZ received a tip about the photos of Vrabel and the senior NFL insider for The Athletic, FOS has learned.
An anonymous tipster reached out to the outlet, saying that Vrabel was hanging out with an unidentified woman. When TMZ staffers evaluated the photos, they eventually realized that it was Russini. The anonymous tipster was not from a known paparazzi or photo agency, and requested an unspecified sum in the “four figures.” As TMZ’s newsroom deliberated whether this was a legitimate story or too “bedroom police-y,” the Post’s Page Six vertical ran with it, rendering the debate moot, a source said.
A TMZ spokesperson did not respond to multiple emails seeking comment.
Multiple sources told FOS the pics were shopped around before the Post published its story on Tuesday. Page Six’s original post on X/Twitter featuring the pics has drawn more than 9.3 million views as of Thursday evening.
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