Former Fox News Star Anchor accuses NBC’s Tom Brokaw of Sexual Harassment

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It all began with Democrats and the majority of the news media chasing allegations of sexual impropriety against conservatives such as President Donald Trump, Fox News Channel’s late president Roger Ailes, Fox News’ top talking-head Bill O’Reilly and others. But as time goes on, those on the left are beginning to feel the heat as well, including media stars Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw.

Brokaw, who is touted as the “legendary NBC anchor” was accused by a former NBC anchor, Linda Vester, of ongoing harassment that began when she was starting out more than 20-years-ago, according to her recent interviews with The Washington Post and Variety.

Among her accusations against Brokaw were three incidents involving his grabbing and manhandling her and attempting to kiss her.

Vester’s background includes being a Harvard graduate and completing work in the Middle East as an elite Fulbright scholar. Following her acceptance of her job at NBC, she was deployed three times to the Middle East, especially covering the Gulf War from Gaza where she showed her talent and intelligence as a foreign correspondent and war correspondent in the same vein as Liz Trotta, who covered Vietnam.

Upon Vester’s return to the states, she was promoted as a correspondent for The Weekend Today at age 28, making her among the youngest people to hold such an important national position.

During the two years, she alleges that Brokaw’s harassment intensified, Vester told Variety, recalling a night when Brokaw allegedly showed up at her flat, declaring he wanted to have an affair just before attempting to force her to kiss him.

The following year in 1995, Vester had moved to London, still holding her correspondent position when the third instance of assault occurred, according to Variety.

Vester left NBC in 1999 to join Fox News Channel where she became the host of Dayside until 2005 when she decided to leave TV to focus on raising her children. During one of her last shows on FNC, she was given an award by a military group to honor her unbiased and fair coverage of the U.S. military.