NEW YORK Matt Lauer accused author Ronan Farrow on Tuesday of shoddy and biased journalism in his book Catch and Kill that included what Lauer says is a false accusation that the former Today show host raped a co-worker. Lauer, similarly, said Farrow had not corroborated several specific accusations against him in the 2019 book, Catch and Kill.NBC fired Lauer in 2017 for an inappropriate relationship with a co-worker. In Farrow's book, that former co-worker, Brooke Nevils, said Lauer raped her in a Sochi hotel room during the 2014 Winter Olympics. Farrow tweeted a brief response to Lauer's lengthy piece: All I'll say on this is that Matt Lauer is just wrong. Catch and Kill was thoroughly reported and fact-checked, including with Matt Lauer himself.Farrow's publisher, Little, Brown and Co., said it fully supported the author.

Matt Lauer has been accused of rape by a former NBC News colleague. In graphic detail, Brooke Nevils recounted the alleged attack to investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. A couple says they adopted who they thought was a child but who they now claim was an adult woman. Yes, a puppy. For more Inside Edition stories tune in to today's show.

Lauer, who was terminated by the network two years ago after Nevils complained of "inappropriate sexual behavior" on Lauer's part, hit back hard Wednesday against her new accusations of rape. We performed oral sex on each other, we had vaginal sex, and we had anal sex. But on this night, she said, Lauer pushed her onto the bed, "asking if she liked anal sex," Farrow wrote. It was nonconsensual in that I said, multiple times, that I didn't want to have anal sex," Farrow quotes her as saying. I want to say that we know it wasnt easy for our colleague Brooke to come forward then.

Matt Lauer is speaking out and calling a rape allegation by a former coworker at NBC News "categorically false." Variety got a copy of the book and was first to report the detailed rape claim against Lauer on Wednesday. Lauer has followed up with a letter to Variety that explains his side of the story:"I had an extramarital affair with Brooke Nevils in 2014. We engaged in a variety of sexual acts ... Each act was mutual and completely consensual," reads part of the letter to Variety. Lauer denies this claim, calling this "part of a promotional effort to sell a book" in his letter published by Variety.

NBC News and the TODAY Show spent time Wednesday morning addressing new sexual assault claims against former host Matt Lauer. Overnight, troubling new allegations about former TODAY anchor Matt Lauer were revealed from journalist Ronan Farrow's soon-to-be-released book "Catch and Kill." pic.twitter.com/7ooO3oAJ5X TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 9, 2019Lauer was fired from his position in 2017 after 20 years with NBC News. "This has to be the most popular decision NBC News has ever made," Guthrie said while celebrating the news on "Today." Once she was in his hotel room, Nevils alleges, Lauer who was wearing a T-shirt and boxers pushed her against the door and kissed her.