Fired Journalist Claims Dianna Russini, Mike Vrabel’s Alleged Affair Has Spanned ‘at Least 10 Years’

Since being let go from USA Today, sports journalist Crissy Froyd hasn’t held back her thoughts regarding the scandal surrounding Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini — and now, she’s claiming their alleged affair has been going on for several years.

“How far back do you think people knew that this was going on between Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel?” Howard Eskin asked Froyd when she appeared on his eponymous talk show on Saturday, June 6.

“At least 10 years,” Froyd answered, “From what I know between her and him, and certainly from what I know about her, at least 10 years.”

Froyd added one of her biggest issues with the entire situation was how “everyone knew and no one did anything about it.”

“I would almost feel bad for her if she fell in love for six months and made these horrible mistakes, and she owned up to it because everybody makes mistakes in their lifetime,” she continued, referencing Russini. “But you don’t make the same mistake for six years, 10 years, anything of that longevity whatsoever.”

As Globe previously reported, rumors that Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43, were having an affair began to circulate after Page Six shared photos of the two of them holding hands and dancing while at an Arizona resort in early April.

Both Russini and the New England Patriots coach denied the allegations, but she ultimately resigned from her position at The Athletic shortly after the images went public.

“I do so not because I accept the narrative that has been constructed around this episode, but because I refuse to lend it further oxygen or to let it define me or my career,” Russini wrote in a since-deleted message on X at the time.

After Russini’s announcement, Froyd posted a scathing takedown of her own regarding the former ESPN reporter.

“I’m sure you were told to submit this or that you’d get fired instead,” Froyd wrote via X while retweeting Russini’s resignation message on April 14. “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. We know who you really are and what you’ve been up to for years. It does so much detriment to women in sports who have done things the right way.”

Two days later, USA Today revealed that they had parted ways with Froyd and terminated her contract.

“USA TODAY Sports has ended its contractor relationship with Crissy Froyd effective immediately,” the outlet said in a message on X. “Her recent statements do not reflect our commitment to professionalism or uphold our principles of ethical conduct.”