Brooke Nevils Breaks Silence on Matt Lauer Assault

0:00On May 2nd, Brooke Neville's just broke her silence in her first TV interview on CNN, detailing allegations of sexual assault against former Today Show. Anchor Matt Lauer from back in 2014. It happened during NBC's coverage of the Sochi Olympics in Russia when Lauer joined her and co-anchor Meredith Vieira for drinks, leading to what she. Caused a non-consensual assault in her new book, Unspeakable Things. Growing up watching Lauer on TV, Neville saw him as untouchable, like the face of the show and old enough to be her dad, so she blamed herself at first. In that high-pressure environment where keeping him happy was key. She explains it took years to realize the power imbalance, especially with her young, drunk and alone in a foreign spot when someone in charge, should protect, not exploit. Lauer denied any non-consensual acts back in 2019, calling her story full of false details, but Neville says hearing that still hurts yet, reinforces why she spoke out now.

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