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.
Matt lauer desk lock button door.
This detail has become an object of fascination in the.
Nbc may have killed ronan farrow s exposé on harvey weinstein to protect matt lauer nbc didn t deny the existence of such a button just the claim the button could lock someone inside a room.
This afforded him the assurance of.
Lauer had a button.
This detail was based on victims accounts and confirmed by.
This afforded him the assurance of privacy variety s.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
The woman told the times that lauer asked her into his office in 2001 and that he locked the doors by pressing a button from his desk.
In fact the button locks people out.
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.
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.
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.
Don t let lauer s tricky language fool you.