Just over a week ago, several key figures at Axios received a bombshell email from a non-staffer making bold accusations about one of their star reporters’ private life, Confider has learned.

The reporter, who Confider has decided not to name owing to the personal nature of the situation, went on a pre-planned vacation after the email blast was received, returning today. And the Axios newsroom has been rallying around their popular colleague, we’ve been told, as word of the email spreads around the chattering masses in D.C. media.

(via Off the Press)

[No one’s talking about the specifics, at least not openly. If the police are involved over a “private life” revelation, either the secret is about a crime or the e-mail itself might be. One has to wonder these days what constitutes a shocking accusation, too. — Ed]