Matt Lauer was fired from Today amid a sexual misconduct scandal - but where is he now after being forced out of the public eye? Lauer joined Today in 1994 and became one of the hosts three years later. He was fired from the show in November 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct. A female staffer claimed that Lauer acted inappropriately when they covered the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, three years earlier. Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie announced his firing on-air and went on to take his place as the show's cohosts. "I have made no public comments on the many false stories from anonymous or biased sources that have been reported about me over these past several months. I remained silent in an attempt to protect my family from further embarrassment and to restore a small degree of the privacy they have lost," Lauer said in a statement to The Washington Post in 2018. "But defending my family now requires me to speak up. I fully acknowledge that I acted inappropriately as a husband, father and principal at NBC." He continued: "However I want to make it perfectly clear that any allegations or reports of coercive, aggressive or abusive actions on my part, at any time, are absolutely false." The Most Dramatic 'Today' Show Exits Over the Years: Hoda Kotb and More Amid the fallout, Lauer's then-wife, Annette Roque, filed for divorce in July 2019. The pair, who share three kids, have since finalized the proceedings and Lauer has been dating Shamin Abas amid a possible public return. "They're very much on," a source exclusively told Us Weekly in 2024. "He wants to show that he's in a stable relationship. He's not a playboy. He has a stable life." The insider said Lauer is focused on "building the foundation for a comeback." "He's not going off into the sunset," the source added. "He is on good terms with his kids, which was the most important thing for him. This was not always the case post-divorce but now he's good with the kids." Keep scrolling to see where Lauer is now: What Was Matt Accused of and How Did the Investigation End? Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Lauer's career made headlines in November 2017 when he was fired from NBC amid a sexual misconduct scandal. At the time, a female colleague accused him of inappropriate behavior during the network's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, three years prior. Following his departure from NBC, journalist Ronan Farrow published new details about the alleged assault in his 2019 book, Catch and Kill. Did Matt Speak Out at the Time? (Photo by Getty) Lauer issued a statement after his firing. "There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. As I am writing this I realize the depth of the damage and disappointment I have left behind at home and at NBC. Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed," he said in a statement to Us at the time. "I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly." What Has Matt Lauer's Accuser Brooke Nevils Said? Former NBC staffer Brooke Nevils addressed the fallout from her shocking allegations in her book, Unspeakable Things, set for release on February 3, 2026. "The day after I made my complaint, Matt was questioned by NBC and fired by NBC News chairman Andrew Lack later that night. After his firing was announced the next morning - Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - the Times and Variety published a slew of other allegations against Matt," Nevils wrote in an excerpt shared via New York Magazine's The Cut on January 28, 2026, revealing she got a text from an investigative reporter the following day. "Eventually a tabloid began calling my coworkers at 30 Rock, apparently asking whether they were aware that I was Matt's 'mistress who'd gotten him fired.' After that, I made it a few more months before taking a leave of absence that would ultimately prove permanent," she wrote. Nevils reflected on her career and climbing the corporate ladder, noting she had worked her way up to a salaried prime-time news producer role after starting out as a studio tour guide. "Now that life was gone, and I barely recognized the train wreck I'd become. I was compulsive, paranoid and drinking all the time. I felt I'd ruined everything, hurt and embarrassed everyone I loved," she wrote. "Soon I would find myself in a psych ward, believing myself so worthless and damaged that the world would be better off without me." In the book excerpt, Nevils recalled waking up in Sochi with her underwear allegedly "caked with blood," thinking "if anyone else had done this to me, I would have gone to the police." Nevils also recalled a separate alleged incident which occurred at a New York City apartment after Sochi, as well as "four more instances" that allegedly occurred in the months after the apartment incident. "It would take years - and