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.
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.
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.
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.
The mechanism was actually a door opener a remote controlled.
Last november variety reported that matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside.
Don t let lauer s tricky language fool you.
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.
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.
Nbc fired lauer on wednesday after the network received a complaint.
This detail was based on victims accounts and confirmed by.
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.