Matt Lauer attends 2017 Matrix Awards at Sheraton New York Times Square on April 24, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Former NBC news anchor Matt Lauer is breaking two and a half years of silence about the sexual assault allegations that got him fired from the Today Show.
He posted a 4,800-word column online, saying he was falsely accused of rape by journalist Ronan Farrow in his book "Catch and Kill." Lauer chose to issue his response now, after Farrow's reporting was criticized recently in the New York Times.