A Timeline of Matt Lauer's Controversies Following His 'Today' Firing
It’s been five years sinceMatt Lauerwas fired from theTodayshow. A month after sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein kicked off the #MeToo movement,the longtime anchor was ousted from the showon Nov. 29, 2017, due to a complaint of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” In October 2019,Varietypublished an excerpt fromRonan Farrow’s book,Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, in which former NBC News employeeBrooke Nevilsalleged that Laueranally raped her in his hotel roomat the Sochi Olympics....