
Matt Lauer spotted in rare public sighting after accuser Brooke Nevils' essay
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Former "Today" anchor Matt Lauer made a rare sighting in New York nearly two months after former NBC talent assistant Brooke Nevils publicly recounted her alleged sexual assault in 2017.
Lauer, 68, was spotted with girlfriend Shamin Abas after dinner on March 23 in the Long Island village of Sag Harbor, according to People.
A photo shared by People shows Lauer wearing a light grayish jacket with a dark baseball cap pulled low, while Abas is seen wearing a dark coat with a fur‑lined hood. It was the first time the former TV personality was photographed since November, People reported.
In a vulnerable piece for The Cut, published Jan. 28, Nevils not only discussed the alleged assault, which she said occurred in Sochi, Russia, during NBC's coverage of the Olympic Games, but explained why she didn't report it to law enforcement.
"One strikingly clear thought crossed my mind and then was instantly struck from my consciousness: If anyone else had done this to me, I would have gone to the police," Nevils wrote in the piece, recalling when she woke up in a hotel room in pain with blood on the sheets. "In the news business back then, his point of view was reality, and if you disagreed with it, you were wrong."













