It takes courage, and I am truly grateful.” Nevils also took to Twitter to tweet a statement of gratitude to survivors of sexual harassment, writing, “I want to thank the many survivors who shared their stories with me today and offered their support. I was not afraid of him then, and I am not afraid of him now, regardless of his threats, bullying, and the shaming and predatory tactics I knew he would (and now has) tried to use against me. This is the Matt Lauer I reported in November 2017. This is the Matt Lauer, then the most powerful asset at NBC News, who I feared when I continued to engage with him, as many victims of acquaintance rape do, particularly in the workplace.

“His open letter was a case study in victim blaming and concluded by threatening any other woman who might dare to speak out against him.

“There’s the Matt Lauer that millions of Americans watched on TV every morning for two decades, and there is the Matt Lauer who this morning attempted to bully a former colleague into silence,” Nevils says.

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