Ann Curry Says NBC Didn’t Talk to Her Before Finding ‘No Evidence’ of Wrongdoing in Handling of Matt Lauer Case

Former Today co-host Ann Curry has said that she knew of sexual misconduct involving Matt Lauer in 2012 and reported it to NBC.

However, the former NBC star says that when the network launched an investigation into Lauer’s sexual misconduct, they never contacted her despite reports from the legal team stating otherwise.

The company’s legal team told The New York Times that Curry had “a discussion” with internal investigators, which Curry flatly denied.

“I have not participated in any formal investigation by NBC on sexual harassment,” she said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Curry said last month that she warned NBC about Lauer, whose alleged sexual misconduct was the impetus for the investigation, back in 2012 after she was approached by a female staffer who asked her for help.

These comments, she told the Times, she stands by completely.

Curry also told The Post that she believed there was “pervasive verbal sexual harassment at NBC.”

However, when NBC released their report, none of the harassment Curry talked about was mentioned and in fact, the company’s internal investigation concluded that there was “no evidence” of wrongdoing in how the Lauer case was handled.

“We were also unable to establish that any of those interviewed, including NBC News and Today Show leadership, News HR and others in positions of authority in the News Division, knew that Lauer had engaged in sexual activity with other employees,” the report read. “Every such individual credibly responded that they had no such knowledge. Most witnesses interviewed stated that they had heard or read rumors about Lauer’s personal life, including tabloid stories about the troubled state of his marriage and the possibility of extramarital affairs, but those witnesses believed, with limited exceptions, that the rumored extramarital affairs were with women outside of the company.”

That report has been roundly criticized because it was not conducted by an independent third party.

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