Overview
- An excerpt from Nevils’ forthcoming memoir, Unspeakable Things, was published Jan. 28 by The Cut, with the full book set for release on Feb. 3.
- Nevils alleges Lauer raped her in a Sochi hotel room during the 2014 Winter Olympics, recounting pain, bleeding, and a power imbalance she says deterred her from reporting while abroad.
- She writes that there were multiple subsequent encounters after Sochi, including visits to Lauer’s apartment and dressing room, and says she once initiated contact while trying to regain control.
- Nevils describes severe fallout after she reported the conduct in 2017, including leaving NBC, heavy drinking, depression, and a psychiatric hospitalization, and says she later rebuilt her life with marriage and two children.
- Nevils says she filed an internal complaint in November 2017; NBC questioned Lauer and fired him that night, other women then came forward, and Lauer continues to deny wrongdoing and has not been criminally charged.