Tom Brokaw Accused of Sexual Harassment

Former NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw has been dragged into the #MeToo movement. 

Former NBC Correspondent Linda Vester says that over 20 years ago, Brokaw forcibly attempted to kiss her.

"I’m standing there, and Tom Brokaw enters through the door and grabs me from behind and proceeds to tickle me up and down my waist," Vester told Variety. "I jumped a foot and I looked at a guy who was the senior editor of Nightly, and his jaw was hanging open. Nobody acted like anything wrong was happening, but I was humiliated."

Brokaw is denying reports that he made unwanted advances toward Vester. 

Variety says her report is corroborated by two friends who she told at the time and journal entries.

Reached for comment by the Post, Brokaw acknowledged he indeed met with Vester twice and that the encounters were "brief, cordial and appropriate." In the statement issued by NBC, Brokaw said he made "no romantic overtures towards her, at that time or any other.”

The Washington Post said it also talked with a woman who was a production assistant in the 1990s who alleges that Brokow acted inappropriately around her, but didn't elaborate about what manner.

Brokow denies that allegation as well.

H/T USA Today

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