Matt Lauer responds to rape allegation

Matt Lauer had been looking for an opportune time to publish a piece responding to Ronan Farrow’s “Catch & Kill,” which contained a rape allegation that he denied. In the wake of Ben Smith’s New York Times column scrutinizing Farrow’s work, he went ahead.

Matt Lauer had been looking for an opportune time to publish a piece responding to Ronan Farrow’s “Catch & Kill,” which contained a rape allegation that he denied. In the wake of Ben Smith’s New York Times column scrutinizing Farrow’s work, he went ahead.