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[Deadline Hollywood] - NBC says it found no evidence indicating "that any NBC News or Today Show leadership, News HR or others in positions of authority in the News Division received any complaints about [Matt] Lauer’s workplace behavior prior to November 27, 2017."
If you guessed the internal probe would say "it does not believe that there is a current widespread or systemic pattern of behavior that violates Company policy or a current culture of harassment in the News Division," you are correct. (You can read the complete report here).
Investigators did at least find credible the four allegations already much-written about in the press: that Lauer engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. But investigators also found credible NBC News and Today show leadership that they did not know about his behavior. They had heard rumors, but thought Lauer was confining his extra-marital activity to outside the workplace, the study said.
Lauer frequently engaged in "sexual banter or joking" with other employees "but it did not rise to the level of creating a hostile work environment," the probe results said. A number of people interviewed said Lauer "could be flirtatious, would frequently make jokes, some with sexual overtones," and would "openly engage in sexually-oriented banter" in the workplace. |