Matt Lauer Locked His Door

Lauer had a button.

Matt lauer locked his door.

Back in 2017 variety s ramin setoodeh wrote that lauer had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up. Pay close attention to the language that lauer uses here in his open letter. The worst detail by far is this. This afforded him the assurance of privacy.

When variety s story about allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by matt lauer hit the internet on wednesday readers seized on one particular detail in it. Nbc confirmed this fact publicly following my termination. Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported. According to two of the women accusing lauer of sexual assault he had a button under his desk that locked the door from the inside allowing him the privacy.

There was no such mechanism. Despite numerous erroneous reports in the past there was not a button in my office that could lock the door from the inside. His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up. This afforded him the assurance of.

In one instance an unnamed former staff member said that lauer summoned her into his office to discuss a story and then locked the door from his desk before beginning to have sex with her. There was a report that in 2001 he had summoned a woman to his. Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.