This detail was based on victims accounts and confirmed by.
Matt lauer buuton door lock.
This afforded him the assurance of.
I know everyone is talking about this door lock button but matt lauer isn t the only per to have this button at nbc it s something other execs have including women nbc executives past present.
Disgraced nbc star matt lauer had door lock installed under his desk to stop people walking in on him harassing women women accusing the us today host of sexual harassment claim he had a secret.
The button located under the executive producer s desk would cause the door to the cavernous office to swing shut and click closed.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
Nbc may have killed ronan farrow s exposé on harvey weinstein to protect matt lauer nbc didn t deny the existence of such a button just the claim the button could lock someone inside a room.
The mechanism was actually a door opener a remote controlled.
Don t let lauer s tricky language fool you.
As variety describes 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 in other words he used the button to trap the female colleagues he would harass.
In fact the button locks people out.
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 according to a variety story published wednesday only.