We are disturbed to our core, Guthrie said.
A rep for Lauer could not immediately be reached for comment.
Though,he submitted a letter through his lawyerthat was published byVarietyon Wednesday.
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I feel like we owe it to our viewers to pause for a moment, Guthrie said onTodayWednesday morning.
This is shocking and appalling, and I honestly dont even know what to say about it.
And its just very painful for all of us at NBC who are at theTodayshow.
It is very, very, very difficult.
We dont know the facts in all of this, but theyre not allegations of an affair.
I think we are just going to continue to process this part of this horrific story, she continued.
As you said, our thoughts are with Brooke.
Its not easy to come forward.
Its not easy at all.
She said that she declined several times.
Lauer, she said, didnt use lubricant.
The encounter was excruciatingly painful.
It hurt so bad.
I remember thinking, Is this normal?
She told me she stopped saying no, but wept silently into a pillow.
As Lauer tells it in his letter, I had an extramarital affair with Brooke Nevils in 2014.
It began when she came to my hotel room very late one night in Sochi, Russia.
We engaged in a variety of sexual acts.
We performed oral sex on each other, we had vaginal sex, and we had anal sex.
Each act was mutual and completely consensual.
Nothing could be further from the truth, he continues.
There was absolutely nothing aggressive about that encounter.
Brooke did not do or say anything to object.
She certainly did not cry.
She was a fully enthusiastic and willing partner.
At no time did she behave in a way that made it appear she was incapable of consent.
She seemed to know exactly what she wanted to do.
The only concern she expressed was that someone might see her leaving my room.
She embraced me at the door as she left.
His full letter can be read onVariety.
Thats why he was fired within 24 hours of us first learning of the complaint.
Our hearts break again for our colleague.
