Dec 15, 2017 · The attorney for the woman whose accusation of “inappropriate sexual behavior” prompted NBC to swiftly fire “Today” star host Matt Lauer …
Jan 19, 2022 · Matt Lauer’s 20 years as co-host of NBC’s Today show ended in disgrace as NBC terminated his contract following allegations of ‘inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.’A visibly shaken Savannah Guthrie read aloud the staff memo announcing Matt’s departure. NBC stated that though it was the first complaint against Matt, the news outlet had ‘reason to …
Oct 09, 2019 · Lauer on Wednesday issued an open letter through his lawyer, Libby Locke of law firm Clare Locke, characterizing his relationship with Nevils as "completely consensual." "In a …
Oct 09, 2019 · Annette Roque is speaking out through her attorney for the first time since ex-husband Matt Lauer was accused of sexual assault in 2017 By Natalie Stone and Gillian Telling October 09, 2019 05:13 PM
2. It has been four years since Matt Lauer was ousted from the Today show. On Nov. 29, 2017, NBC revealed that the former anchor was fired due to …
Katie Couric and Matt Lauer spent nine years together as co-anchors on TODAY, but Lauer's firing in 2017 for inappropriate sexual conduct led to the end of their relationship, Couric told TODAY on Tuesday.Oct 19, 2021
Lauer was ousted from NBC's morning show Today in 2017 over allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. He has been keeping a low profile since losing his anchor position. His divorce from Annette Roque was finalized in 2019 and he is reportedly dating a longtime acquaintance, Shamin Abas.Oct 19, 2021
Magazine reported. After Lauer was fired in 2017 following allegations of sexual assault, the two separated and Roker had limited contact with his former best friend. But after Roker shared that he had prostate cancer in 2020, the estranged duo has begun to rebuild their relationship.Feb 7, 2022
approximately $80 millionCelebritynetworth.com estimates that Lauer is worth approximately $80 million. Lauer is the just one high-profile media figure to be brought down by allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior.Aug 15, 2018
On November 30, 2016, it was revealed that Lauer had signed a new contract up to 2018. Variety reported that his salary was $20 million a year. On January 6, 2017, Lauer celebrated his 20th anniversary on The Today Show with a look back at some of his most memorable moments on the show.
Lauer with President Vladimir Putin prior to the 32nd G8 summit in Saint Petersburg in 2006. Lauer joined NBC in 1992, when he became co-anchor of the early weekday news show Today in New York on the network's New York flagship station WNBC.
On November 29, 2017, NBC News announced that Lauer's employment had been terminated after an unidentified female NBC employee reported that Lauer had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and that the harassment continued after they returned to New York.
In November 2015, Lauer hosted an interview with Charlie Sheen, during which Sheen revealed that he was HIV-positive. On September 8, 2016, Lauer conducted separate 30-minute interviews with presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, both of which were met with much criticism.
A couple of years after his axing from NBC, Matt Lauer faced perhaps the most damning sexual assault allegation of them all.
For the past couple of years, Matt has dated Shamin Abas. The pair had known each other for a decade before they started dating.
New allegation against former NBC News anchor Matt Lauer. Former “Today” host Matt Lauer allegedly raped an NBC colleague while at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, according to an upcoming book from journalist Ronan Farrow. Variety reported the accusations after reading an advance copy of “Catch and Kill,” which is not scheduled to hit bookstores ...
15. NBC News has not seen a copy of the book. Lauer, the long-running face of the "Today" show, was fired by NBC News on Nov. 29, 2017, after a female colleague made a detailed complaint accusing him ...
Farrow's work was published in the New Yorker in October 2017.
In a memo to staff sent Wednesday afternoon, NBC News Chairman Andy Lack reiterated the findings of the company's investigation, which found that the company's leadership and management were not aware of Lauer conduct prior to Nevils' meeting with human resources.
On the "Today" show Wednesday, hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb — who worked with Lauer for many years on the show — discussed their responses to the news. "We owe it to our viewers to pause for a moment. This is shocking and appalling, and I honestly don't even know what to say about it," Guthrie said.
In the book, Farrow writes that the woman who made the complaint against the anchor said that Lauer anally raped her in a hotel room while in Russia, according to Variety. NBC News said in a statement issued after the Variety report, "Matt Lauer’s conduct was appalling, horrific and reprehensible, as we said at the time.
Matt Lauer ‘s ex-wife Annette Roque is speaking out for the first time since sexual assault allegations were first lodged against the disgraced TV anchor in 2017.
Apollo in the Hamptons 2017: Hosted by Ronald O. Perelman. Annette Roque and Matt Lauer. | Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty. In early September, Lauer and Roque finalized their divorce after over 20 years of marriage, multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE. “It’s final.
Matthew Todd Lauer is a former American television news personality, best known for his work with NBC News. After serving as a local news personality in New York City on WNBC, his first national exposure was as the news anchor for The Today Show from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, he was moved from the news desk to the host's chair, and served as the co-host of NBC's Todayshow from 1…
Lauer was born in New York City, the son of Marilyn Lauer, a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive.
Lauer's father was of Romanian Jewishancestry, as seen on the Today Show's Finding Our Roots. Lauer said, "My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. I do feel a desire now to find something spiritual. Getting married and wanting to have kids has something to do …
Lauer earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio University at age 39 in 1997; he had studied at the school's Scripps College of Communication, School of Media Arts and Studies. He had previously dropped out of the same institution in the spring of 1979 to begin his television career, after he was hired as a producer of the noon newscast for WOWK-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. By 1980, he had become an on-air reporter for the station's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.
Lauer joined NBC in 1992, when he became co-anchor of the early weekday news show Today in New York on the network's New York flagship station WNBC. After a year, he also filled the role of Live at Five co-anchor with Sue Simmons, eventually taking the role permanently and giving up the morning shift by 1994; he was replaced on Today in New York by Maurice DuBois. Lauer remained on …
On November 29, 2017, NBC News announced that Lauer's employment had been terminated after an unidentified female NBC employee reported that Lauer had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and that the harassment continued after they returned to New York. Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News, sent a memorandum to his staff that said, in part, "On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexua…
Lauer made a guest appearance as himself on a live episode of Will & Grace in early 2006.
In November 2006, Lauer and his daughter Romy hosted the Sesame Street direct-to-DVD show Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together. Lauer hosted The Greatest American on the Discovery Channel, which used internet and telephone voting by viewers to select the winner. Lauer was critical of his own program, since it tended to favor well-known figures over others who had less …
• 1979–1980: News producer and reporter, WOWK-TV, Huntington, West Virginia
• 1980–1981: Co-host, PM Magazine, WXEX-TV, Richmond, Virginia
• 1981–1984: Co-host, PM Magazine, WJAR-TV, Providence, Rhode Island
Lauer was married to television producer Nancy Alspaugh from 1982 to 1989. They had no children. He later married Dutch model Annette Roque, whom he met on a blind date in July 1997. Lauer proposed to Roque after five months of dating, and the two wed in Bridgehampton, New Yorkon October 3, 1998. They have three children together: son Jack (b. June 26, 2001), daughter Romy (b. October 2, 2003), and son Thijs (b. November 28, 2006). In 2006, while pregnant with h…