Tuesday, October 20, 2020

New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Allegedly Masturbating on Zoom Call

THE GUARDIAN: Magazine says it is investigating matter / Toobin says ‘I thought I had muted the Zoom video’ in apology

The New Yorker magazine has suspended one of its long-time staff writers, legal expert Jeffrey Toobin, while it investigates a report that he was allegedly masturbating during a Zoom work call earlier this month.

“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera,” Toobin said in a statement on Monday about the situation, first reported by Vice.

He added: “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers. I thought I had muted the Zoom video, I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me.”

He has so far declined to confirm details. » | Guardian staff | Tuesday, October 20, 2020