The traffic stop at the center of Dianna Russini’s recent story has now been laid out on bodycam video, and the key detail is simple: there was no FaceTime call to an NFL head coach.
That matters because Russini said in a February segment on the Stugotz and Company radio show that she had FaceTimed a coach while trying to deal with a ticket for texting while driving. The anecdote also got a prominent mention at the start of last week’s New York Times profile of her, her former employer.
But the seven minute, 10 second bodycam video posted by Adam Herbets of the Center Square tells a different story. The entire stop is on the footage, and at no point does it show any FaceTime call to a head coach.
When the officer walks up to her car, Russini tells him, “I’m an NFL reporter, and I just broke that Sean McDermott got fired from the Bills. And that I what I was just sending to send [sic], a tweet.
I was gonna pull over, because I have to make calls. I know you don’t care, but I just wanted you to know my reason why.”
The officer responds, “Obviously you were on your phone for a while. . . . I understand you’ve got a job.”
Russini then says, “You know who I was on the phone with? Brian Daboll. He wants the job.”
She also asks the officer whether he roots for the Giants or Jets.
“I’m actually - I’m not a fan of either,” the officer says.
“What is your team?” Russini replies.
“I’m a Vikings fan, unfortunately,” he said.
From there, Russini shows him her phone and a text exchange with Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell. But again, she does not FaceTime O’Connell - she just holds up the phone for the officer to see.
She also makes a blunt comment about Minnesota, saying their “quarterback sucks.”
After returning to his vehicle, the officer comes back and tells her, “I’m gonna cut you a break on the cellphone. I understand your job requires you to be on the phone a lot. Just try to wait ‘til you get home, OK?”
That was the end of it. No FaceTime, no coach on the screen, just a radio-ready story that didn’t match the video.
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