LAUER LOCK:
Variety Exposé Alleges Matt Lauer Trapped Female Employees, Exposed Himself
Magazine's story paints Matt Lauer as a sophisticated
predator.
ByEmily Zanotti
November 29, 2017
NBC News claimed
Wednesday that Matt
Lauer was fired for a single incident of alleged sexual misbehavior
stemming from the newscaster's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
But an extensive expose, published later Wednesday in Variety magazine,
portrays Lauer as more than just a one-time harasser.
According to the magazine,
Lauer is a sophisticated sexual predator who cowed and embarrassed his female
employees with sexually explicit gifts, and even had a button installed under
his office desk so that he could lock unsuspecting women inside.
Variety's claims are downright shocking. According to one
woman, Lauer gave a sex toy to a colleague as a present along with "an
explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her" — an experience that
reportedly left the woman "mortified."
Another woman who spoke with Variety said that the anchor
had a habit of exposing himself. Lauer, the magazine alleges, “Summoned a
female employee to his office, and then 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.”
The article goes on to describe "games" that
Lauer would play with his co-hosts and other female reporters, asking them to
trade names of who they'd slept with (if they told him the name of one of their
partners, he'd tell them one of his), and engaging them in rounds of
"f*ck, marry, kill," where his embarrassed colleagues would have to
listen as he described which of his co-workers he'd put in each category.
Perhaps most bizarre, Lauer, Variety claims, had something
referred to as a "Lauer lock": Lauer "had a button under his
desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up … It
allowed him to welcome female employees and initiate inappropriate contact
while knowing nobody could walk in on him.”
At least two women reported that they were exposed to
sexual harassment that involved the lock button.
Variety says that they spoke to "dozens" of
women over the course of a two-month investigation, but Variety's reporters
also say they didn't need to do specific interviews: that Lauer's behavior was
an open secret among NBC employees and that management went out of
its way to ignore Lauer's sexual impropriety.
"Management sucks there,” one source told the
magazine. “They protected the s— out of Matt Lauer.”
Let’s connect the dots:
Matt Lauer
Matt
Lauer was a co-host for Today,
and is a coop owner at
133 E. 64th St.
(New York).
Note: Today is an NBC program.
Katie
Couric was a co-host for Today,
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank),
the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Sundance Institute.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos was a chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and a director at the Kellogg
Company.
Michael Phelps
was an endorser for the Kellogg Company,
and is a swimming gold medalist at the 2016
Summer Olympics in Rio.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director
at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg
is a director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation, a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation, Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter, and was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, was the New York
(NY) mayor, and a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Harvey Weinstein
is a director at the Robin Hood
Foundation, and was a co-founder & co-chairman for the Weinstein Company.
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Jeff
Zucker is a director emeritus at the Robin
Hood Foundation, was an executive producer for Today, an executive producer for the NBC Nightly News, and the president & CEO for NBCUniversal.
Today
is an NBC program.
Matt
Lauer was a co-host for Today,
and is a coop owner at
133 E. 64th St.
(New York).
Brian Williams
was an anchor for the NBC Nightly News,
and is a director emeritus at the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Tom
Brokaw was an anchor for the NBC
Nightly News, a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation, and is a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History.
Karen J. Lauder
was an honorary trustee at the American
Museum of Natural History, a trustee at New York Restoration Project, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.
Alfred R. Kahn
was a trustee at the New York
Restoration Project, and acquired 133
E. 64th St. (New York).
Matt
Lauer is a coop owner at 133 E. 64th
St. (New York), and was a co-host for Today.
Today
is an NBC program.
NBCUniversal is
a subsidiary of NBC, and a partner
with the Sundance Channel.
Robert Redford
is a partner with the Sundance Channel,
and the founder & president for the Sundance
Institute.
Karen J. Lauder
was a trustee at the Sundance Institute,
a trustee at New York Restoration
Project, and an honorary trustee at the American Museum of Natural History.
Alfred R. Kahn
was a trustee at the New York
Restoration Project, and acquired 133
E. 64th St. (New York).
Matt
Lauer is a coop owner at 133 E. 64th
St. (New York), and was a co-host for Today.
Today
is an NBC program.
Tom
Brokaw is a trustee at the American
Museum of Natural History, was an anchor for the NBC Nightly News, and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Jeff
Zucker is a director emeritus at the Robin
Hood Foundation, was an executive producer for the NBC Nightly News, the president & CEO for NBCUniversal, and an executive producer for Today.
Matt
Lauer was a co-host for Today,
and is a coop owner at
133 E. 64th St.
(New York).
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