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(CNN) - When NBC News fired Matt Lauer two years ago, the chain said an employee accused him of "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace." Now that employee, Brooke Nevils, speaks in public for the first time and alleges that Lauer raped her in 2014.
The disturbing version is detailed in Catch & Kill , a Ronan Farrow book that will be released next Tuesday. CNN obtained a copy of the book before its publication date.
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Nevils told Farrow that he bled for days later. She said the incident "derailed my life." He finally left NBC and received a seven-figure settlement payment.
Lauer categorically denied the accusation of Nevils rape after Variety magazine first reported this on Wednesday morning.
"The story that Brooke tells is full of false details intended solely to create the impression that it was an abusive encounter," he said.
In a long statement, Lauer admitted to having extramarital affairs, even with former co-workers, but said: “I have never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex. Point".
Lauer also refuted other claims about his conduct on NBC, including reports that his office had a button that allowed him to close the door from the inside. “There was no such locking mechanism. It didn't exist, ”he said.
Lauer and Nevils have very different accounts of what happened. But they agree that their first sexual interaction was in February 2014 when they were both in Sochi, Russia, covering the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Nevils told Farrow about a night of drinks with Lauer and others at a hotel bar. Nevils said he had six drinks of vodka. According to Farrow, Nevils says that Lauer invited her to her room, but Nevils said "she had no reason to suspect that Lauer would be anything other than friendly based on previous experience."
Once inside the room, she says Lauer forced herself on her and raped her.
"She was not consensual in the sense that she was too drunk to consent," Nevils told Farrow. "It was not consensual in the sense that I said, several times, that I didn't want to have anal sex."
Then, she said, “It hurts a lot. I remember thinking, is this normal?
"Back in his room, he vomited," Farrow wrote in the book. “He took off his pants, passed out. When he woke up, blood was everywhere, soaked in his underwear, soaked in his sheets. ”
Lauer described the night in this way in his letter: “She came to my hotel room very late one night in Sochi, Russia. We participate in a variety of sexual acts. We performed oral sex with each other, we had vaginal sex, and we had anal sex. Each act was mutual and completely agreed. ”
"There was absolutely nothing aggressive in that encounter," he continued. “Brooke didn't do or say anything to object. He certainly did not cry. She was a totally enthusiastic and willing companion. At no time did he behave in a way that seemed unable to give his consent. He seemed to know exactly what he wanted to do. The only concern she expressed was that someone could see her leave my room. He hugged me at the door when he left. ”
Both Lauer and Nevils say they later had consensual sexual encounters at their home in New York City.
“It was completely transactional. It wasn't a relationship, ”he told Farrow.
According to Lauer, “our meetings organized each other. At no time, during or after her multiple visits to my department, she expressed in words or actions any inconvenience to be there or for our adventure. ”
The meetings sometimes took place at Lauer's office on NBC.
Farrow wrote that when he interviewed Nevils, “he easily admitted that his communications with Lauer might have seemed friendly and accommodating. But she also said that she was terrified that Lauer would jeopardize her career and that the encounters caused anguish and shame that eventually led her to break up with her boyfriend. ”
Lauer rejects the claim about his perceived power over his career, saying "she didn't work for me, the 'Today Show' or NBC News."
At that time, Lauer wrote: "He worked for Meredith Vieira (who hadn't worked for the 'Today Show' in several years) in a completely different part of the chain, and I had no role in reviewing Brooke's work."
Lauer wrote that "the matter ended badly," but said, "being upset or having doubts does not give anyone the right to make false accusations years later on an issue in which they participated fully and voluntarily."
The Nevils version will surely generate new questions about whether you felt protected by NBC.
Nevils told Farrow that he told him "about a million people" about his experiences with Lauer. But she did not file a formal complaint.
The book describes Nevils as deeply affected by the alleged violation, which caused her to abuse alcohol and retire from work.
"I get very angry because this thing derailed my life," he told Farrow.
NBC News spokesmen have insisted that management was not aware of any accusations against the "Today" star until November 2017.
That was when Nevils trusted Vieira, according to the book, and Vieira urged her to find a lawyer and speak with NBC human resources.
Nevils did it, and his lawyer said that NBC took quick action at that time.
“My client and I met with representatives of the NBC Legal and Human Resources Department at 6pm on Monday,” said Nevils lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld at the time. “Over the course of several hours, my client detailed atrocious acts of sexual harassment and misconduct of Mr. Lauer. In less than 35 hours, NBC investigated and withdrew Mr. Lauer. Our impression on this point is that NBC acted quickly and responsibly, as all companies should face credible confrontations about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. ”
After the news of his dismissal, several media outlets published stories with other accusations of harassment by Lauer.
But no complaint of rape had arisen so far.
According to Catch & Kill , Nevils did not use the word rape in his meeting with the NBC human resources department. But his lawyer said he was "not consensual."
In the book, the Nevils version is presented as part of a larger picture of Lauer's alleged inappropriate sexual behavior.
The Hollywood Reporter, who published an interview with Farrow on Wednesday, said the accusations "seem to contradict the chain's stance that management had no knowledge of its behavior," but "NBC maintains that it had no knowledge of Lauer's behavior before. that he was fired. ”
The “Today” program covered the new accusations of Nevils on Wednesday morning.
“This is shocking. And scary. And honestly, I don't even know what to say about it, ”Savannah Guthrie said on the air.
These "are not accusations of an adventure, they are accusations of a crime," said Hoda Kotb.
"We are disturbed to our essence," Guthrie added.
NBC News issued a statement that said: “Matt Lauer's conduct was terrible, horrible and reprehensible, as we said at the time. That is why he was fired within 24 hours after the first news of the complaint. Our hearts are broken again by our colleague. ”
Nevils has not responded to a request for additional comments from CNN.
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