This afforded him the assurance of.
Matt lauer door lock under desk.
Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office.
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 according to a variety story published wednesday only.
This afforded him the assurance of privacy variety s.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.
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.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
This detail was based on victims accounts and confirmed by.
And really problematic for nbc news management variety s report includes a description of lauer s secluded office with its button under his desk allowing him to lock his door from the inside.
Later in the same variety piece writers ramin setoodeh and elizabeth wagmeister revealed that lauer had a button on his desk that would lock his office door remotely.
The news came as a shock to lauer s colleagues who were only informed about the decision mere moments before they went on air.
Nbc released the results of its internal investigation into lauer in may 2018 which said there s a button common in executive offices in multiple nbcuniversal facilities to provide an efficient way to close the door without getting up from the desk the button nbc continued releases a magnet that holds the door open.
This is the creepy reason matt lauer had a secret button under his desk on wednesday morning news emerged that longtime today show host matt lauer had been fired from nbc for sexual impropriety.