Page Six: Matt Lauer Used His Position To Pressure a "Well-Respected" News "Star" Into An "Affair"

Paragons, gate-keepers, and moral arbiters.

Disgraced "Today" anchor Matt Lauer allegedly had an affair with a famed and well-respected broadcaster, Page Six is exclusively told, representing a "clear imbalance of power."

The woman signed a nondisclosure agreement when she left NBC.

We have agreed not to name the broadcaster at her request, but a TV source said: "Matt had influence over everyone’s career -- one word and your career would be sunk. I know there was a clear imbalance of power in this woman's relationship with Matt."

In his new book, "Catch and Kill," Ronan Farrow also claims Lauer repeatedly harassed a fellow on-air NBC personality, who was allegedly forced to sign a strict NDA when she left the network in 2012. It's not clear if it's the same woman we've learned about.

Beckett Adams writes that NBC's petri dish for rape culture may be worse than we ever suspected.

posted by Ace of Spades at 05:40 PM

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