The conspiracy gets thicker!
One of the most surreal twists in Dianna Russini’s story came just days after the NFL journalist resigned from the New York Times for publishing a photo of her holding hands with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, when she was involved in the dramatic rescue of an elderly man who had been in a horrific car accident.
But as with almost all of Russini and Vrabel’s stories, things weren’t that simple.
On April 17, Page Six learned that Mr. Russini was not only at the scene of an accident two days earlier in Wyckoff, New Jersey, near his home, but heroically asked bystanders to help him get into his overturned Jeep, opened the door, and helped the stricken driver and helpless dog to safety.
Local police confirmed that bystanders did indeed assist in the rescue before officers arrived on the scene.
A review of the tipster’s testimony from sources familiar with the incident corroborated her story, including details that she climbed into the car with the help of a passerby to rescue the driver, adding that Russini was driving with her mother and children when the accident happened in front of them.
Something to stir!
But…then a second tipster came to us. And they told surprisingly different stories.
After the second tipster confirmed through public records that they were who they claimed to be, fellow citizens from northern New Jersey, we interviewed them about the accident.
The tipster said that while Russini did come out into the street to help with the accident, it was the tipster’s husband, not Russini, who actually tore off the Jeep’s canvas roof to free the driver and their dog. The tipster added that Russini was only holding onto the dog’s leash after the pet was freed from the wreckage. And she insisted that Russini definitely didn’t scale up the car. (Unfortunately, the alleged man of the hour refused to speak to us.)
In search of the truth, the Post sent reporters to the scene to see if they could finally investigate which version of events was correct, but could not reveal any further details.
Another confusing footnote in this epic: Vrabelgate.
