Bodycam debunks Dianna Russini’s FaceTime-to-ditch-a-ticket claim
TL;DR
Police bodycam footage contradicts Dianna Russini’s claim that she dodged a traffic ticket by FaceTiming the cop’s NFL coach; she did not call anyone during the stop, but she did name-drop several coaches, and the incident has been debunked, with the NYT later noting the coach wasn’t Mike Vrabel and Ridgewood police describing discretionary warning practices.
- What really happened during Dianna Russini’s traffic stop revealed by police after viral FaceTime claim Page Six
- Exclusive: Cop allows NFL reporter Dianna Russini to name drop her way out of ticket The Center Square
- The Dianna Russini traffic stop bodycam emerges, with no FaceTime to any NFL coach NBC Sports
- Dianna Russini bragged she FaceTimed NFL coach to avoid traffic ticket. It wasn't true USA Today
- Dianna Russini's comments on J.J. McCarthy open up a can of worms for the Minnesota Vikings and Kevin O'Connell Yahoo Sports
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