Article continues below advertisementBrooke Nevils knew that reporting Matt Lauer for sexual assault could cost her career, but she chose to come forward anyway. "When I made that complaint, I knew who Matt Lauer was," Nevils told a news outlet in an interview published on Thursday, January 29. "I knew what he meant to the company. I knew what the Today show meant to millions and millions of people because I was one of those people. It meant the world to me. I knew what NBC meant to me, it was my family. It was my identity.