Overview
- Photographs published in April showed Vrabel and NFL reporter Dianna Russini together at a Sedona, Arizona resort, triggering national coverage and public scrutiny of both.
- Vrabel publicly said he took “accountability,” announced he would seek counseling and stepped away from the Patriots for the final day of the draft after the April reporting.
- Russini resigned from The Athletic soon after the photos and has been the subject of an internal review at the New York Times that has not released results.
- At the opening weekend of Patriots training camp, reporters focused on football topics, Vrabel did not face questions about the episode, and he appeared holding a puppy for the team’s Pawtriots adoption event.
- Team news pushed the story further down the page when owner Robert Kraft announced an offer to cornerback Christian Gonzalez, and no formal discipline of Vrabel has been reported while the investigation’s findings remain pending.