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The American magazine The New Yorker has suspended profiled reporter Jeffrey Toobin.
The reason is that Toobin allegedly masturbated during a meeting on the Zoom video platform earlier this month.
Writes various American media, including CNN.
It was Vice News that covered the case first. Two people who claim to have been part of the Zoom meeting have told Vice about the incident.
Toobin is one of the foremost legal analysts in the United States. He has worked for The New Yorker for more than 25 years and is a forensic analyst for CNN.
– They called us murderers
– Sorry
“I made a stupid and embarrassing mistake, and I thought I was off-camera,” Toobin said in a statement to Vice on Monday.
– I apologize to my wife, family, friends and colleagues. I thought I had the sound turned off in Zoom. I thought no one in Zoom’s conversation could see me, he added.
Toobin has not commented on the allegations that he masturbated.
– Oh my God
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A CNN spokesperson said: “Jeff Toobin has asked for time off while addressing a personal issue, which we have agreed to.”
As mentioned, The New Yorker suspended Toobin and is now investigating the case as well.
Several of the magazine’s employees, as well as employees of radio station WNYC, are said to have participated in the Zoom conversation, according to The Guardian.
Loss of sex during the Zoom meeting
– Take it seriously
According to the newspaper, New Yorker editor David Remnick wrote the following in an email to his employees about the incident:
“Dear all. As you will have read today in various outlets, one of our journalists, Jeff Toobin, was suspended after an incident at a Zoom meeting last week. Rest assured that we take these matters seriously and that we will we take care of it ».
