Brooke Nevils: Unspeakable Truths

0:00On May 1st, Brooke Neville just dropped her book, Unspeakable Things, laying out her story of being allegedly anally raped by Matt Lauer back in 20. 14. While covering the Sochi Winter Olympics for NBC, she ties it to this wild EEOC report on superstar harassers, those top performers like Lauer, who leadership let slide no matter what. That night started innocent, with drinks alongside Meredith Biera. The Lauer showed up and things turned dark in her hotel room, leaving bloody sheets. She had to hide. Weeks later, he emailed her all casual, like you don't call, you don't write, my feelings are hurt, which mess with her head and made her doubt the whole thing. She replied all good. But then at his New York place, he had towels ready for any bleeding, showing he knew she was hurting even as he downplayed it. Neville says it kept her trapped in confusion. Convincing herself, it was somehow normal. Lauer got fired from NBC for policy violations and dropped a long open letter denying the worst of it.

1:00In a recent interview with Tina Brown, Neville's hurt it read aloud, got shaken, felt ashamed, but said she can't believe she was ever alone with him. Her books aimed at survivors feeling that deep loneliness after assault, and it's a wake of call for men in power everywhere to rethink their roles, before it's too late. Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI bringing you what's trending.