NY probe of NBC News began with Matt Lauer’s firing in 2017, source says

New York Post ^ | May 5, 2020 | Sara Nathan, Priscilla DeGregory, Rebecca Rosenberg and Bruce Golding

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State officials are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and related cover-ups at NBC News -- and have interviewed potential witnesses including Megyn Kelly, The Post has learned...

Former NBC staffer Brooke Nevils, who claims that Lauer raped her in 2014, is also among those who’ve been interviewed, as is Addie Zinone, who’s said she had an affair with Lauer when she was a "Today" show production assistant in 2000, sources said.

Kelly -- who left NBC News with her $30 million contract intact following a "blackface" row in 2017 -- sat down with investigators in January, according to a source familiar with the matter...

Both Kelly and former NBC News anchor Linda Vester, who was also interviewed in January, are being represented by employment lawyer Doug Wigdor, the source said.

"The testimony and investigation seem to be centered on harassment and retaliation for raising other issues of harassment in the workplace, for wanting to report on issues like Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein," the source said.

The probe is being handled by a group of officials called the "Weinstein unit," according to the Daily Mail...

Vester, who in 2018 alleged that legendary network newsman Tom Brokaw repeatedly tried to kiss her during the 1990s, confirmed to The Post that she was interviewed for several hours on Jan. 7.

"In my case, they wanted to know who in management was involved in any effort to kill my story, to keep it from getting published in the Washington Post and Variety magazine," she said.

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Additional reporting by Carl Campanile and Bernadette Hogan.

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From the FRchives:

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• Schneiderman Victims Warned Not to Speak Out for Good of Dem Party [5/08/2018]
• U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison's ex-girlfriend posts medical record alleging abuse [09/20/2018]
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• Keith Ellison Accuser, Karen Monahan, Says Democratic Party Doesn’t Believe Her(!?) [09/17/2018]

  Peter Daou, a Democratic strategist and former advisor to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, tweeted on Monday that Ford will be "attacked, smeared, and demonized" and that people must "BELIEVE WOMEN."

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• Let's see if the Left will punish Bernie Sanders for his '72 rape essay
• Barack Obama Official Twitter Account Follows Crude Sexist Anti-Sarah Palin Account

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[Steely Tom]

What was in Anthony Weiner’s laptop? Still waiting for that one.

[samadams2000]

Please if there is a God. Please don’t give Megyn any more airtime.

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