Matt Lauer allegedly sexually harassed staffer during Olympics

[herding cats]

Matt Lauer allegedly sexually harassed a female NBC staffer during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, sources told Page Six.

An NBC insider said Lauer’s alleged victim complained to HR on Monday: “This happened so quickly. She didn’t go to the media, she made a complaint to NBC’s human resources, and her evidence was so compelling that Matt was fired on Tuesday night. The victim says she has evidence that this has also happened to other women, but so far we don’t have evidence of that.”

Another source tells us that the decision to fire Lauer was made late Tuesday by NBC News chairman Andy Lack.

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The woman’s lawyer, Ari Wilkenfeld, said they met with NBC officials on Monday evening.

“My client and I met with representatives from NBC’s Human Resources and Legal Department at 6 p.m. on Monday. Over the course of several hours, my client detailed egregious acts of sexual harassment and misconduct by Mr. Lauer,” Wilkenfeld said in a statement.

https://pagesix.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-female-staffer-during-olympics/

I ran across this and thought others might be curious as to the details. Personally, I'm glad to see Lauer fired and I am in awe of the courage of the staffer who came forward.

For all Lauer's power and prestige at NBC, he still couldn't stop karma from catching up to him.

[MineralMan]

1. There's a line starting to form. Who is in it will

be revealed over the next period of time. A lot of people are going to be surprised and disappointed to see people they respected reach the front of that line, I think.

Garrison Keillor, for example, apparently was the next in line.

[herding cats]

2. I met Garrison Keillor once.

He came across as very interesting and intelligent but somehow socially ackward. Beyond that I don't know enough about him to comment.

[MineralMan]

3. I did, too. I chatted with him for about 10 minutes.

It appears that his public face is not his only face, though. That's sad.

[herding cats]

6. That's all too often the case.

It was deeply disappointing to see the accusation against him, and his subsequent firing.

There will be more to follow, of that we can all be sure.

[NastyRiffraff]

4. I was crushed to hear about Garrison Keillor

Who's next, Mr. Rogers? Are we going to find out what he really did in The Neighborhood? What's WRONG with these guys? Do they really think they can do this crap because they're famous?

[MineralMan]

5. Yes, they really do think they can. That's the problem with

narcissism.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029899700

[enid602]

7. Putin

I wouldn't be surprised if Putin has something on Mother Theresa, Captain Kangaroo and Jesus Christ. He's good.

[FakeNoose]

8. Thanks for posting this

I figured we would hear about what actually happened - sooner or later. All kinds of rumors went around when Matt Lauer and his wife almost got divorced. They separated for 1 or 2 years, but surprisingly they reconciled last year.

It's not anyone's business of course, but certainly rumors were flying about him.