The button located under the executive producer s desk would cause the door to the cavernous office to swing shut and click closed.
Matt lauer buuton door lock.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
As variety describes his office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up in other words he used the button to trap the female colleagues he would harass.
The secret button that matt lauer allegedly used to lock his door inside nbc s rockefeller center headquarters was not a unique security feature a source at the show tells people.
In fact the button locks people out.
Back in 2017 variety s ramin setoodeh wrote that lauer had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up.
Don t let lauer s tricky language fool you.
I know everyone is talking about this door lock button but matt lauer isn t the only per to have this button at nbc it s something other execs have including women nbc executives past present.
Matt lauer used a button under his desk at nbc to lock his office door from the inside after inviting in women variety reported.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.
His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up according to a variety story published wednesday only.
Nbc may have killed ronan farrow s exposé on harvey weinstein to protect matt lauer nbc didn t deny the existence of such a button just the claim the button could lock someone inside a room.
This afforded him the assurance of.