In a memo to staff sent Wednesday afternoon, NBC News Chairman Andy Lack reiterated the findings of the company's investigation , which found that the company's leadership and management were not aware of Lauer's conduct prior to Nevils' meeting with human resources. NBCUniversal said in May that a five-month internal investigation found no evidence that any NBC News or "Today" show leadership, human resources personnel or others in positions of authority were aware of allegations of sexual misconduct made by four women against Lauer before November Daniel Arkin is a reporter for NBC News who focuses on popular culture and the entertainment industry, particularly film and television.
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Politics Covid U. News World Opinion Business. At no time, during or after her multiple visits to my apartment, did she express in words or actions any discomfort with being there, or with our affair. She said she blames herself for those encounters and was terrified of the control Lauer had over her career, according to Variety. Lauer was fired the next day. The book also says that Nevils went on medical leave in before being paid seven figures and that NBC "proposed a script she would have to read, suggesting that she had left to pursue other endeavors, that she was treated well, and that NBC News was a positive example of sexual harassment," Variety reported.
In a memo to staff in April , Lack said the company's "highest priority" was to "ensure we have a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected. NBCUniversal said in May that a five-month internal investigation found no evidence that any NBC News, "Today" show leadership, human resources personnel or others in positions of authority were aware of allegations of sexual misconduct made by four women against Lauer before November On the "Today" show Wednesday, hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb — who worked with Lauer for many years on the show — discussed their responses to the news.
This is shocking and appalling, and I honestly don't even know what to say about it," Guthrie said. There are allegations of a crime," Kotb said. Farrow, who previously worked for NBC News, was among the first journalists to report sexual harassment and misconduct claims against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Farrow started his reporting on Weinstein while at NBC News, and won a Pulitzer for his work on the allegations against powerful men and the attempts to silence survivors that appeared in The New Yorker. I am not afraid of him now regardless of his threats, bullying, and the shaming and predatory tactics I knew he would and now has tried to use against me. Lauer was fired from NBC in November after the network received a complaint from one of his colleagues about inappropriate sexual behavior.
Variety obtained a copy of the book before its release on 15 October. Farrow ultimately published the story in the New Yorker in October Nevils told Farrow she was covering the Sochi Olympics when Lauer invited her to his hotel room.
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