After years of building their careers that earned them the pride and honor they deserved, these people have their image ruined because of damning allegations about their work ethic or personal lives.
- Aug 23, 2020
AceShowbiz - Matt Lauer became a household name, thanks to his long tenure on NBC's "Today". A familiar face on daytime TV since he joined the program in 1997, the former news anchor began battling damning allegations in 2017 amid the rising Me Too movement after a female NBC employee reported that Lauer had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
While he claimed that their sexual encounter was consensual, more women came with sexual misconduct and assault allegations against him. Lauer was eventually fired by NBC, where he had been working for 20 years, and did not receive any form of monetary settlement because he was fired "for cause." The allegations also cost him his marriage, as his wife Annette Roque decided to leave him in the wake of the scandal. Their divorced was finalized two years later in September 2019. Lauer has not returned to television since then.
