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Where In The World Is Matt Lauer?.... (Original Post) global1 Nov 2017 OP
Probably assaulting the help dalton99a Nov 2017 #1
I am betting mercuryblues Nov 2017 #2
Lying low or has left the country. Ilsa Nov 2017 #3
Last I heard he was heading to his 16 year old son's prep school early this morning. herding cats Nov 2017 #4
What would or could he say? gratuitous Nov 2017 #5
Maybe hiring a divorce lawyer? HipChick Nov 2017 #6
No doubt! cwydro Nov 2017 #8
He deserves to see Gloria Allred representing his wife. Ken Burch Nov 2017 #19
After what I heard on Rachel's show He should be in jail. vsrazdem Nov 2017 #7
What did she have to say? cwydro Nov 2017 #9
Shocking.....One incident sounded close to rape whathehell Nov 2017 #11
And I will bet we will be hearing more. cwydro Nov 2017 #12
It was rape, there is no question about it. vsrazdem Nov 2017 #15
Talking to his lawyer. nt gollygee Nov 2017 #10
It better be a criminal lawyer. vsrazdem Nov 2017 #17
Sitting somewhere with Bill O'Reilly, Marie Marie Nov 2017 #13
Matt and Billo could start a Dirty old Men's Support group.for former whathehell Nov 2017 #14
Off somewhere contemplating suicide? Solly Mack Nov 2017 #16
Who Cares? Leith Nov 2017 #18

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. Lying low or has left the country.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:37 PM
Nov 2017

He's quite wealthy, I'm sure, after 20 years in that chair. I bet he's worth $150-200 million, if not more.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
4. Last I heard he was heading to his 16 year old son's prep school early this morning.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:38 PM
Nov 2017

He wanted to tell him before he read about it in the media. Then he's off to do damage control with his other two children who live with their mother in the Hamptons.

It's a shame he wasn't worried about how they'd feel about all this before he started messing up.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. What would or could he say?
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:38 PM
Nov 2017

I think it's wise for Lauer to just vanish. NBC wouldn't have fired him so precipitously if the evidence against him wasn't rock solid. In the current climate, there's no upside to saying anything. A defense of any kind isn't going to fly. An apology can't be abject enough to deflect justifiable public anger. Just vanish.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
8. No doubt!
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:42 PM
Nov 2017

I feel sorry for his family; what a shock for them. Though, methinks the wife probably already knew what he is.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
9. What did she have to say?
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:59 PM
Nov 2017

I’ve read quite a bit here today, but haven’t been able to watch tv to any extent.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
11. Shocking.....One incident sounded close to rape
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:19 PM
Nov 2017

in another he went into his office with a woman, pulled down his pants exposing himself to her (she said she was shaken and just looked at him, at which point he berated her for NOT "performing a sexual act on him".

I'm guessing "blow jobs on demand" weren't part of her job description.

Do you BELIEVE this shit?.. It's ugly, stuff.




 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
12. And I will bet we will be hearing more.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:25 PM
Nov 2017

I heard the NYTimes has a story coming out. Whatever the initial report was, it must have been pretty bad for the network to act so quickly.

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)
15. It was rape, there is no question about it.
Thu Nov 30, 2017, 01:57 AM
Nov 2017

He asked her to come to his office to talk about a story. When she sat down he asked her to unbutton her shirt, which she did but was very uncomfortable about it. He then pushed a button on his disk that locked his doors, came around the desk, stood her up, pulled down her pants, bent her over his desk and raped her. She was in such shock that when he was done, she passed out and fell to the floor with her pants still down. He went and got his aide and told him to take her to the nurse. She never reported it, but I am sure they can confirm parts of this story. When he was confronted with this by the network he did not deny it. He should definitely be in jail as far as I am concerned.

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)
17. It better be a criminal lawyer.
Thu Nov 30, 2017, 02:01 AM
Nov 2017

NBC fired him for cause, so he won't be getting any of that cushy 20 million dollar contract.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
13. Sitting somewhere with Bill O'Reilly,
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:36 PM
Nov 2017

having a pity party and being mad at God. After all, both are merely victims of women who didn't see their magnificence and drop to their knees to worship and service these great men. Why hasn't God protected them??

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
14. Matt and Billo could start a Dirty old Men's Support group.for former
Thu Nov 30, 2017, 01:05 AM
Nov 2017

along with Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Bill Cosby, Louis CK, and maybe even Garrison Keillor.
..t

Solly Mack

(90,769 posts)
16. Off somewhere contemplating suicide?
Thu Nov 30, 2017, 02:01 AM
Nov 2017

I'm not being facetious or trying to be mean. He strikes me as the type that would self-implode rather than face all the questions coming his way.


I also wouldn't be surprised if the next bit of news about him was that he has entered some sort of rehab.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
18. Who Cares?
Thu Nov 30, 2017, 02:07 AM
Nov 2017

I'm just glad he's gone. What was so special about him to be on TV for so long? He was boring and just awful.

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