Latest Shocking Entertainment News: Biggest Revelations From Matt Lauer Accuser Brooke Nevils' New Book

Years after accusing Matt Lauer of rape, former NBC staffer Brooke Nevils is sharing more of her side of the story.

“It has taken me years to fully understand and articulate Sochi and its aftermath,” Nevils wrote in her new book, Unspeakable Things, which hit shelves Tuesday, February 3, referring to the 2014 Winter Olympics as “a singularly life-altering incident in my life.”

Nevils previously alleged that she was anally raped by Lauer in his hotel room in Russia while covering the Olympics for NBC. She made a formal complaint to the company in 2017, which led to Lauer being fired. (He has maintained that their encounters were consensual, denying accusations of assault. Nevils, meanwhile, has argued she was too drunk to consent.)

In her book, Nevils noted that she did not reach out to Lauer for any further comment. She detailed the “intensely private pain” she felt — both before and after she came forward with her story — and admitted she felt like a “traitor” for speaking out against one of the network’s biggest stars.

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“When I decided to write this book, I actually was in a psych ward,” she recalled. “At that extremely low point in my life, telling this story was not so much a choice but what felt like my last hope to offer anything meaningful to a world that had left me feeling utterly powerless, ashamed, and alone.”

Scroll below for more of the biggest revelations from Nevils’ book, Unspeakable Things:

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Her Relationship With Meredith Vieira

Nevils worked as an assistant for Meredith Vieira, referring to her as a mentor throughout the book. “Since I had no family in New York, she often invited me to join her family at Thanksgiving and Christmas. … I stayed an assistant far longer than I should have because I loved her so much,” Nevils wrote.

Nevils traveled to the Sochi Olympics with Vieira, who became the first woman to anchor the Games solo for NBC when Bob Costas contracted pink eye. Before Nevils officially reported Lauer to the company, she spoke privately with Vieira about “a Harvey Weinstein-type situation.”

“I said it involved Matt then paused, waiting for her to stop me if she didn’t want to know more. … But she did not stop me,” Nevils wrote. “Ultimately, her advice was to report it to NBC.”

What Happened in Sochi

As detailed in a previously published excerpt, Nevils was left bleeding and in pain after the alleged rape in Lauer’s hotel room. “In that room, I wasn’t myself anymore so much as a body suddenly at someone else’s disposal,” she wrote, adding that no “decent man pressures a terrified, decades-younger woman to do” what Lauer allegedly did that night.

Nevils noted that she remembers the image of the bed’s headboard moving toward and away from her. Once back in her own room, Nevils looked in the mirror and realized she was visibly drunk — “not just wasted but wrecked.” She claimed there was “no way” Lauer wouldn’t have been able to notice that himself.

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What Happened After Sochi

Nevils described multiple encounters with Lauer after they returned from Russia, including some that allegedly took place at his apartment. She also claimed that he forced her onto her knees in the workplace to perform oral sex.

“I described it as an affair because he was married and that was the only way I knew to describe it,” Nevils wrote about a conversation she had with a friend. “I described it as an affair because it was less humiliating to be seen as a mistress than a victim.”

Nevils also described the “cycle” of her relationship with Lauer, recalling how she was once sent into a panic after receiving a text from Lauer while she was walking in the city with her boyfriend. Later, she called her mom in tears, saying she felt like “damaged goods.”

Her mom replied, “If you can’t let this go, you might as well just jump off the George Washington Bridge, because you’re throwing away your life.”

Nevils’ mom died from sudden cardiac arrest just three months before Lauer was fired. “When she died, I stopped throwing away my life,” Nevils wrote.

Her Meeting With HR

Nevils went back and forth about coming forward with her story, but she eventually found a lawyer and arranged to meet with HR. “When I objectively outlined what happened in Sochi, it seemed increasingly impossible that Matt’s actions that night — one after the next — could have been the result of an innocent misunderstanding,” she wrote about the “painful process” of recounting the experience.

When Nevils met with two women — an HR representative and an in-house lawyer from NBC — she did not use the words “rape” or “sexual assault.” Nevils praised the “swiftness and determination” of the women, who assured her that the situation would be taken care of.

Lauer was interviewed by HR and legal representatives the next day and terminated immediately.

Watching the ‘Today’ Announcement

Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced during the November 29, 2017, broadcast of the Today show that Lauer was fired, reading a statement from NBC News chairman Andrew Lack. Both Guthrie and Kotb described their shock at learning about the allegations against their “beloved” colleague.

“Watching that morning’s broadcast today, I don’t feel so much hurt but empathy for two deer in the headlights, struggling just as anyone would to reconcile conflicting feelings about someone they’d trusted with their livelihoods and reputations,” Nevils wrote.

Guthrie and Kotb were also on the air two years later when more details emerged about the alleged rape, telling viewers that the story was “very, very difficult” for those working at NBC.

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Her Psych Ward Experience

Nevils spent 10 days in a psych ward, learning that she showed signs of PTSD, which is “very common after sexual assault.” She later pursued prolonged exposure therapy (PET).

“For me, the psych ward was rock bottom, and I wanted the most direct route out, even if that route was the steepest,” she said, adding that going to her weekly PET sessions “was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.”

Trusting Ronan Farrow

Nevils reached “another breaking point” in 2019, realizing that she “could not go back to my old life and I could not start a new one.” She felt “hope” about the idea of writing her own book, but she still felt “voiceless and powerless” in the press. Paparazzi were rampant, and Nevils also grew wary of potentially being pursued by private investigators.

“I was living in constant fear that was not totally irrational … I couldn’t let down my guard,” she wrote.

While working on his own book, Pulitzer winner Ronan Farrow “made no elaborate pitch” to get Nevils to speak on the record. He even warned that finally going public “would have a devastating impact on my life,” but Nevils felt that speaking to Farrow “was the safest and most empowering choice available to me at the time.”

Lauer’s Open Letter

With the release of Farrow’s Catch and Kill came a detailed retelling of Nevils’ alleged rape. Lauer responded with an open letter, which Nevils included in her book in full.

Though it was far from his first statement on the accusations, Nevils wrote, “Matt’s open letter is worth more to me than any apology. It relieves me of the need to convince anyone who Matt really is. … Matt’s words, clearly meant to make me regret exposing him, are instead a testament to exactly why I did. Reporting him was the right thing to do. It had to be done. I would do it again.”

by Meredith Nardino

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