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- Matt Lauer, a familiar face in morning news as the anchor of "Today" for two decades, was fired by NBC News on Wednesday after a female colleague made a detailed complaint accusing him of inappropriate sexual behavior during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Nov 29, 2017 · Matt Lauer, a familiar face in morning news as the anchor of "Today" for two decades, was fired by NBC News on Wednesday after a female colleague made a detailed complaint accusing him of...
Nov 29, 2022 · Five years after being fired from NBC's \"Today\" show over sexual misconduct allegations, Matt Lauer has distanced himself from friendships, including his ex-cohost Katie Couric, who labeled him a \"predator\" in her 2021 book. A source told People that Lauer was \"really upset\" by Couric's memoir and that his level of trust has diminished with many people.
Nov 29, 2017 · NEW YORK (AP) — “Today” show host Matt Lauer was fired for what NBC on Wednesday called “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a colleague and was promptly confronted with a published report accusing him of crude and habitual misconduct with other women around the office.
- Nov. 27, 2017: A Complaint Is Filed Against Matt Lauer
- Nov. 28, 2017: NBC Launches An Investigation Against Matt Lauer
- Nov. 29, 2017: Matt Lauer Is Fired from Today
- Nov. 29, 2017: More Allegations Against Matt Lauer Are Brought to Light
- Nov. 29, 2017: NBC Releases A Statement About Matt Lauer
- Nov. 30, 2017: Matt Lauer Breaks His Silence on Allegations
- Dec. 14, 2017: Addie Zinone Details Her Alleged Affair with Matt Lauer
- July 9, 2019: Matt Lauer's Wife, Annette Roque, Files For Divorce
- Sept. 6, 2019: Matt Lauer and Annette Roque's Divorce Is Finalized
- Oct. 8, 2019: Brooke Nevils Details Matt Lauer's Alleged Rape
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At 6 p.m., Ari Wilkenfeld, a civil rights lawyer with the firm Wilkenfeld, Herendeen & Atkinson in Washington, and his client, an anonymous NBC employee, met with representatives from NBC's human resources and legal departments to detail a complaint against Lauer. The interview lasted several hours, Wilkenfeld confirmed to The New York Times. "Our ...
An investigation ensued, and a decision was made to end his employment. A source confirmed to PEOPLE that Lauer was informed of his termination on Tuesday evening.
Today employees found out about Lauer's firing just hours before going live for Wednesday's show. At the top of the 7 a.m. hour, Lauer's visibly shaken co-anchor Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced the news,reading aloud a staff memo from NBC News chairman Andrew Lack. "On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about i...
More allegations were brought against him throughout the day in reports published by Variety and The New York Times. The most serious allegation was brought forth in the Times, which reports that NBC received at least two more complaints related to Lauer on Wednesday. One complaint came from a former NBC employee who alleged Lauer sexually assaulte...
In response to the Wednesday reports, an NBC spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement, "We can say unequivocally, that, prior to Monday night, current NBC News management was never made aware of any complaints about Matt Lauer's conduct." NBC correspondent Stephanie Gosk, who had been reporting on the story for the Todayshow, said during Megyn Kelly...
Lauer — who joined the network in 1992 as a newsreader on Today, had been co-anchor of the morning show since January 1997 and reportedly signed a $20 million dollar contractlast year — broke his silence on the allegations in a statement read Thursday morning by his former colleagues on-air. "There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for t...
Former Todayshow staff member Addie Zinone (née Collins) wrote a piece for Variety detailing an alleged month-long affair with Lauer in 2000 when she was a 24-year-old production assistant about to leave NBC News and he was newly married. Lauer's representatives did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. "Even though my situation with Matt wa...
Roque officially filed for divorcefrom Lauer in Suffolk County, New York. "The case, which is an uncontested matrimonial, was filed on July 9th in State Supreme Court in Suffolk County, New York and is awaiting judicial review of the agreement," Lucian Chalfen, director of public information for the New York State Unified Court System, told PEOPLE....
PEOPLE reported that Lauer and Roque's divorce had been finalized. "They are both focused on their three children," one source close to Lauer said.
Variety published an excerpt from Farrow's book in which Nevils says she was tasked in Sochi with working with former Today co-anchor Meredith Vieira, who'd been brought back to the show to do Olympics coverage, and they ran into Lauer at the hotel bar one night. At the end of the night, Nevils, who'd had six shots of vodka, ended up going to Lauer...
A timeline of the controversy surrounding the former Today show anchor, who was fired in 2017 after a complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\" Learn about the allegations made against him, his denials, and his life five years later.
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Nov 30, 2021 · Matt Lauer was fired in 2017 for sexual misconduct with a colleague. Four years later, he has lost friends, money and reputation, and still denies the allegations.
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- Charlotte Triggs,Katie Campione
Nov 29, 2017 · Doug Mills/The New York Times. The fast-moving national reckoning over sexual harassment in the workplace toppled another television news star on Wednesday when NBC fired Matt Lauer, the...
Nov 30, 2017 · By Staff Writer. Published 8:05 AM PDT, November 30, 2017. Matt Lauer, the fired longtime anchor of NBC’s “Today” show broke his silence Thursday with a statement that said he was “truly sorry” for the conduct that led to his ouster.
