Nbc confirmed this fact publicly following my termination.
Matt lauer locked his door.
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.
Pay close attention to the language that lauer uses here in his open letter.
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 variety reported adding that lauer allegedly used.
Despite numerous erroneous reports in the past there was not a button in my office that could lock the door from the inside.
When variety s story about allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by matt lauer hit the internet on wednesday readers seized on one particular detail in it.
According to two of the women accusing lauer of sexual assault he had a button under his desk that locked the door from the inside allowing him the privacy.
Lauer had a button.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.
Expose reveals matt lauer had a button under his desk that allowed him to close and lock his door sara vallone november 30 2017 following the shocking firing of former today show co host matt lauer variety published a detailed report describing lauer s alleged actions toward colleagues over the years.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
There was a report that in 2001 he had summoned a woman to his.
The worst detail by far is this.
In the midst of matt lauer s november 2017 firing from nbc news accounts of his behavior toward women surfaced in prominent outlets.
Back in 2017 variety s ramin setoodeh wrote that lauer had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up.
There was no such mechanism.