Former “Today” host Matt Lauer responded to an accusation of rape against with a statement on Wednesday saying that the affair in question was consensual.
In a letter to Variety via his lawyer, Lauer denied that he raped former NBC News employee Brooke Nevils in his hotel room during the 2014 Sochi Olympics, as was detailed in Ronan Farrow’s new book “Catch and Kill.”
“In a new book, it is alleged that an extramarital, but consensual, sexual encounter I have previously admitted having, was in fact an assault. It is categorically false, ignores the facts, and defies common sense,” Lauer said.