Matt Lauer’s alleged sexual harassment includes exposing himself in his locked office and urging a female staffer to perform a sex act on him

Variety

Variety has published the results of its two-month investigation on Lauer in the wake of his firing, quoting three alleged victims — none of whom include the accuser whose complaint to NBC News on Monday night resulted in his ouster. Variety's Ramin Setoodeh and Elizabeth Wagmeister report that Lauer’s 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,” which he used when inviting female staffers to engage them in inappropriate contact. One employee, Variety writes, alleges that she was invited to Lauer’s office, where he “dropped his pants, showing her his penis. After the employee declined to do anything, visibly shaken, he reprimanded her for not engaging in a sexual act.” Another colleague says Lauer gave her a sex toy with a note about how he wanted to use it on her. Lauer would also allegedly play “F, Marry, Kill” with female staffers and quiz them on their sexual experiences. Variety also reports that “Lauer would invite women employed by NBC late at night to his hotel room while covering the Olympics in various cities over the year.” NBC News chairman Andy Lack said in his statement this morning that the complaint about Lauer on Monday was "the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News," Variety reports that "several women told Variety they complained to executives at the network about Lauer’s behavior, which fell on deaf ears given the lucrative advertising surrounding Today." NBC declined comment on Variety's report.

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