Overview
- Nevils told NPR that power dynamics at NBC meant what Lauer calls consent was, in her view, submission, saying, “Consent and agreement are not synonymous.”
- Her memoir, Unspeakable Things, details the alleged 2014 assault during the Sochi Olympics, with an excerpt published by The Cut ahead of the Feb. 3 release.
- NBC fired Lauer within 24 hours of Nevils’ 2017 complaint and later acknowledged receiving additional complaints from other women.
- Lauer has repeatedly denied raping Nevils, describing the encounters as consensual in a 2019 letter to Variety, and sources now say he has come to terms with negative press.
- People reports Lauer is angry about the renewed attention but focused on his personal life, while Nevils recounts severe mental-health fallout after reporting her allegations.