This afforded him the assurance of privacy.
Matt lauer locked his door.
In one instance an unnamed former staff member said that lauer summoned her into his office to discuss a story and then locked the door from his desk before beginning to have sex with her.
Despite numerous erroneous reports in the past there was not a button in my office that could lock the door from the inside.
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.
In the midst of matt lauer s november 2017 firing from nbc news accounts of his behavior toward women surfaced in prominent outlets.
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.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
The worst detail by far is this.
Nbc confirmed this fact publicly following my termination.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.
There was no such mechanism.
Lauer had a button.
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.
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.
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.
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.