{"id":219574,"date":"2026-01-29T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/matt-lauer-rape-allegation-detailed-in-new-book-hes-a-monster\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:08:44","slug":"matt-lauer-rape-allegation-detailed-in-new-book-hes-a-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/matt-lauer-rape-allegation-detailed-in-new-book-hes-a-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Lauer Rape Allegation Detailed in New Book: &#8216;He&#8217;s a Monster&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, multiple women came forward to share horror stories with NBC brass.<\/p>\n<p>That is why disgraced former <em>Today <\/em>show host Matt Lauer is no longer lurking on people\u2019s screens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2019\/10\/brooke-nevils-alleged-matt-lauer-rape-victim-once-attempted-suic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One of his accusers<\/a> \u2014 the one whom he pursued at the Sochi Olympics \u2014 describes him as a \u201cmonster\u201d in her upcoming book.<\/p>\n<p>She shares the graphic, bloody details, explaining that if it had been anyone else, she\u2019d have gone to the police.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Lauer in November 2012.\" class=\"wp-image-546809 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-2048x1518.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-960x711.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-1080x800.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-1200x889.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matt Lauer attends NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d at Rockefeller Plaza on November 20, 2012.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-next-year-it-will-have-been-one-decade-since-lauer-s-reign-came-to-an-end\">Next year, it will have been one decade since Lauer\u2019s reign came to an end<\/h2>\n<p>Brooke Nevils\u2019 complaint to NBC in 2017 helped oust Lauer.<\/p>\n<p>Her book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Untitled-0185-Penguin-Publishing-Group\/dp\/1984880187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe<\/a><\/em> is out on February 3.<\/p>\n<p>Within its pages, she details her horrifying experience in Sochi, where Lauer allegedly preyed upon her while they were both there to cover the Sochi Olympics in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/28\/celebrity-news\/broken-matt-lauer-accuser-describes-bloody-aftermath-of-alleged-2014-rape-in-harrowing-tell-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a><\/em>, Nevils writes that she awoke in her hotel room with her \u201cunderwear and the sheet beneath me caked with blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She had been drinking with her boss and mentor, Meredith Viera, the night before. So, she explained, she was later \u201cdrunk and alone\u201d when Lauer allegedly seized his chance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01.png\" alt=\"The 'Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe' cover.\" class=\"wp-image-546797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01.png 482w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01.png\" alt=\"The 'Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe' cover.\" class=\"wp-image-546797 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01.png 482w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_brookenevils_book_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u2018Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe\u2019 is Brooke Nevils\u2019 new book.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Amazon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Nevils\u2019 deeply harrowing account, Lauer \u201cinsist[ed] on having anal sex\u201d with her, an intoxicated lower-level employee of NBC.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled the \u201cspinning room\u201d and her \u201cunsteady\u201d body while her mind felt both \u201cblurred\u201d and \u201cfrantic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lauer did admit to some of their interactions, but claimed that this was a \u201cmutual and completely consensual\u201d relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would never have used the word \u2018rape\u2019 to describe what happened,\u201d Nevils wrote, despite her intoxication and the time and the massive power differential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven now, I hear \u2018rape\u2019 and think of masked strangers in dark alleys,\u201d she confessed. \u201cIt would take years \u2014 and a national reckoning with sexual harassment and assault \u2014 before I called what happened to me assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Lauer in November 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-546810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Lauer in November 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-546810 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_02-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matt Lauer attends The Rolling Stones celebrate the North American debut of Exhibitionism at Industria in the West Village on November 15, 2016.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jason Kempin\/Getty Images for for The Rolling Stones)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-even-in-her-own-mind-she-didn-t-call-it-rape-yet\">Even in her own mind, she didn\u2019t call it \u2018rape\u2019 yet<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cBack then, I had no idea what to call what happened other than weird and humiliating,\u201d Nevils admits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then there was the pain, which was undeniable,\u201d she describes.<\/p>\n<p>Nevils details: \u201cIt hurt to walk. It hurt to sit. It hurt to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She recalls thinking: \u201cIf anyone else had done this to me, I would have gone to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of that, Nevils writes that she \u201cwent on with my day as though absolutely nothing had happened.\u201d This is <em>extremely <\/em>common in the aftermath of sexual assaults.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matt Lauer\u2019s \u2018Me Too\u2019 Accuser Landed in \u2018Psych Ward\u2019 After Today Scandal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RoINX_EzXiY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI pulled the blood\u2011streaked sheets off the bed and piled them in the corner so that the maid would not see the blood,\u201d Nevils describes. \u201cI wadded my bloody underwear into a ball and threw it away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Lauer allegedly messaged her: \u201cYou don\u2019t call, you don\u2019t write \u2014 my feelings are hurt! How are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her reply, Nevils writes, was \u201cfriendly\u201d because his alleged message felt \u201coddly comforting.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She explains: \u201cIt reaffirmed exactly what I wanted and needed to believe, which was that it had all been a misunderstanding, that everything was all right, that Matt Lauer \u2014 anchor of\u00a0\u2018Today\u2019 \u2014 couldn\u2019t have seen the blood or meant to cause pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was only later, after what she says were repeated attempts to discuss what had happened, that she realized that he\u2019d known about the blood.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Lauer in August 2014.\" class=\"wp-image-546811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-2048x1606.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-960x753.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1080x847.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1200x941.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Lauer in August 2014.\" class=\"wp-image-546811 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-2048x1606.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-960x753.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1080x847.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-1200x941.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0129_mattlauer_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Co-host Matt Lauer appears on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d at the NBC\u2019s TODAY Show on August 22, 2014.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-was-not-a-mistake-it-was-not-a-misunderstanding\">\u2018It was not a mistake. It was not a misunderstanding\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Nevils describes Lauer allegedly wanting a repeat, and this time bringing towels \u2014 planning ahead for the bleeding that he planned to cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe saw [the blood] in Sochi,\u201d she writes. \u201cHe has known about it all along. It was not a mistake. It was not a misunderstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevils also realized: \u201cHe\u2019s going to do it again. Because that has been the plan all along. \u2026 I should have thought,\u00a0\u2018He\u2019s a monster.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She admits in her book: \u201cInstead I thought, \u2018You brought this on yourself.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Too often in our culture, victim-blaming begins in the victim\u2019s own mind.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/monster-matt-lauer-rape-allegations-detailed-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2017, multiple women came forward to share horror stories with NBC brass. That is why disgraced former Today show host Matt Lauer is no longer lurking on people\u2019s screens. One of his accusers \u2014 the one whom he pursued at the Sochi Olympics \u2014 describes him as a \u201cmonster\u201d in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}