variety quoted staffers who said they tried to alert executives about lauer's behavior. in response, nbc says we can say prior to monday night, current nbc news management was never made aware of any complaints about matt lauer's conduct. on monday night, a female nbc employee and her attorney met with nbc hr and detailed quote, agree jous act of sexual harassment. the network investigated and decided to fire him less than 24 hours later. ry guthrie found out overnight. >> i'm heartbroken for matt. he is my dear, dear friend and partner. he is loved by many people here and i'm heart brobroken by the e colleague who came forward and any other women who have their own stories to tell. >> that accuser is remaining anonymous. as are the women in the variety account. nbc has known for weeks these stories were coming. in a memo, the chief alluded to