Him too? Tom Brokaw hit with two sexual harassment claims

Brett T. | 11:17 PM on April 26, 2018

The Washington Post published a piece in its Style section Thursday night called “NBC News faces skepticism in remedying in-house sexual harassment,” but the buried lede seemed to be that former anchor Tom Brokaw was being hit with charges of sexual harassment from two women. Brokaw denies both charges.

Women feared reprisals for reporting allegations against Matt Lauer, Tom Brokaw. Now NBC faces skepticism in remedying harassment. https://t.co/kRkC86EEPZ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2018

Accuser Linda Vester sat for an exclusive video with Variety.

Former NBC correspondent Linda Vester says she was "groped and assaulted" by Tom Brokaw in new video for Variety: https://t.co/P6smbXuend

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 27, 2018

"You just tried to assault me, but you expect me to walk you to a taxi?" Former NBC anchor Linda Vester details allegations against Tom Brokaw https://t.co/gSDOjWtjcZ

— Variety (@Variety) April 27, 2018

Variety reports:

In a series of interviews with Variety conducted over several months, Vester alleged that Brokaw physically tried to force her to kiss him on two separate occasions, groped her in a NBC conference room and showed up at her hotel room uninvited. Two friends who Vester told at the time corroborated her story with Variety, and she shared her journal entries from the time period.

The Washington Post reports that a second woman claims that Brokaw “acted inappropriately toward her in the ’90s, when she was a young production assistant and he was an anchor.”