- Matt Lauer is accused of sexually harassing a number of female employees, who detailed their alleged encounters with the Today host in Variety
An explosive expose about Matt Lauer’s alleged sexual harassment of female employees at NBC reveals that the anchor allegedly flashed his penis at one woman and bought another a sex toy.
Variety spoke with 10 past and present workers at the company who accused Lauer of a vast array of sexual misconduct, including the woman who claims that she was sexually assaulted by the show’s long-time anchor beginning in 2014 at the Sochiu Olympics.
That woman also shared her account with the human resources and legal departments of NBC News on Monday, which led to Lauer’s firing on Tuesday evening.
Those interviewed said it was at the OIympic Games where Lauer made moves on a number of females.
‘Lauer would invite women employed by NBC late at night to his hotel room while covering the Olympics in various cities over the years,’ claims Variety reporter Ramin Setoodeh.
‘He later told colleagues how his wife had accompanied him to the London Olympics because she didn’t trust him to travel alone.’
None of the 10 individuals who spoke with Variety are identified in the piece, including the woman who got the sex toy along with ‘an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her.’
That woman said she was ‘mortified,’ while a fellow co-worker’s state was descibed as ‘visibly shaken’ after Lauer allegedly flashed her in his office.
When she did not do anything, Lauer reportedly ‘reprimanded her for not engaging in a sexual act.’
And in that office Lauer had a device under his desk that allowed him to lock the door.
‘There were a lot of consensual relationships, but that’s still a problem because of the power he held,’ said a producer.
‘He couldn’t sleep around town with celebrities or on the road with random people, because he’s Matt Lauer and he’s married. So he’d have to do it within his stable, where he exerted power, and he knew people wouldn’t ever complain.’