NEW YORK: NBC News fired popular ?Today? show host Matt Lauer after receiving what it called a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, the network said.
?On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer,? NBC News chairman Andrew Lack said in a statement. ?It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company?s standards. As a result, we?ve decided to terminate his employment. ?While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he?s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident,? the statement said. Lauer?s agent Ken Lindner did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reuters was unable to independently confirm the accusation against Lauer. The News was announced on television by fellow ?Today? co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb at the start of the talk show, a staple of US morning television for more than six decades.
11-30-2017, 02:11 PM
NBC News says it fired ?Today? co-host Matt Lauer for sexual misconduct
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