Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
Matt lauer button in office to lock door.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a.
The mechanism was a.
A detail in the news reports of lauer s workplace conduct animated the narrative.
Yes matt lauer really did have a button to close women in his office with him and he s playing with semantics in his denial of it ashley collman oct 10 2019 7 34 am.
Former nbc news anchor matt lauer denied that his office has a secret button that could trap unsuspecting women inside his office two years after the claim sent shock waves through the media industry.
It does not lock the door from the inside.
About that secret button in matt lauer s office the anchor s door locking mechanism acts as a particularly vivid metaphor for the amount of power and protection many influential men enjoy.
The nbc insider added that lauer s secret button wasn t the only one at nbc s 30 rockefeller plaza headquarters.
The secret button that matt lauer allegedly used to lock his door inside nbc s rockefeller center headquarters was not a unique security feature a source at the show tells people.
A similar button exists or at least recently existed in the office of.
Last week the washington post published a report on new allegations against the former tv host including one woman who said lauer exposed himself to her in his office and asked her to touch him and another who said she and lauer had sex in his.
Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office door automatically from his desk it turns out.
His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from.