Matt Lauer’s former “Today” show colleague Anne Curry supports Brooke Nevils and her upcoming memoir “Unspeakable Things.”
In an interview with People magazine Thursday, Curry called Nevils, whose sexual assault allegations against Lauer led to his firing in 2017, “brave.”
“I remember Brooke as kind-hearted, trusting, and with so much potential,” she said, her voice booming.
Nevils worked as a talent assistant for NBC during the 2014 Sochi Olympics when Lauer allegedly raped her.
In an excerpt from her book published on February 3, she described the “humiliating” experience and “further incidents” that followed after she returned to New York City.
Mr Nevills branded Mr Lauer, who denies their encounter was “mutual and fully consensual”, a “monster”.
Curry supported Nevilles when Ronan Farrow first exposed the rape allegation in his book Catch and Kill in 2019.
“Brooke Nevils is a trustworthy young woman of good character,” she wrote at the time, via X. “She came to NBC News as a talented, enthusiastic, naive 20-something.
“I believe she is telling the truth,” Curry continued. “And it breaks my heart.”
NBC also released a statement at the time: “As we said at the time, Matt Lauer’s actions were horrific, appalling and reprehensible, which is why he was fired within 24 hours of our first learning of the charges. Our hearts break again for our colleagues.”
Additionally, Curry spoke out against Lauer five months after he was ousted from NBC, and more women have come forward.
She claimed to the Washington Post that in 2012, “a woman approached me” and “tearfully” asked for help. She said she did so because she was “physically sexually harassed” by Lauer and was “afraid of losing her job.”
In an April 2018 interview, Curry explained, “I told management there was a problem and they needed to monitor him and how he interacted with women.”
Lauer was fired in November 2017.
At that point, Curry had left NBC in 2015 after 25 years.
Ms. Nevils took a leave of absence from the network amid the scandal and never returned.
In his book, Nevils described his current situation after spending time recovering in a psychiatric ward.
“I struggled to rebuild my life,” she revealed. “I’m married, I have two beautiful children, and every moment I spend with my family is a precious part of a life I once thought wasn’t worth living anymore.”
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