Disgraced nbc news anchor matt lauer denied that his office had a.
Matt lauer nbc locked his door with a button.
This detail was based on victims accounts and confirmed by.
Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office door.
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.
Laura ingle has the details.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
But the piece of information social media seemed to really seize on was the idea that lauer reportedly had a button at his desk that allowed him to close and lock his office door presumably.
A few things about that button on matt lauer s desk.
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Nbc released the results of its internal investigation into lauer in may 2018 which said there s a button common in executive offices in multiple nbcuniversal facilities to provide an efficient way to close the door without getting up from the desk the button nbc continued releases a magnet that holds the door open.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
An nbc insider confirmed the existence of the button to fox news.
The nbc insider added that lauer s secret button wasn t the only one at nbc s 30 rockefeller plaza headquarters.