Megyn Kelly calls for outside investigation into NBC News after sexual harassment scandal

Former NBC News presenter Megyn Kelly has called for an outside investigation into the broadcaster following the sexual harassment claims made against Matt Lauer.

Kelly appeared on Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Wednesday in her first TV interview since her NBC News morning programme was cancelled after she made a controversial comment about blackface.

The presenter criticised her former employer NBC News for not detailing their sexual harassment settlements relating to Lauer.

“Show us the money,” said Kelly. “They need to release any and all Matt Lauer accusers from their confidentiality agreements. NBC says they have nothing to hide. Great, let’s not hide anything. Show us all the agreements so we can see which ones pop out, and are they all women? The question is open to whether they put dollars ahead of decency.”

The fact that NBC has done an internal investigation into sexual misconduct at the corporation is not enough, argued Kelly.

“There needs to be an outside investigation into this company,” she said. “They investigated themselves. That doesn’t work. This is how it’s done. You get somebody who’s on the outside who can be trusted. If that’s true and there’s nothing to hide, get an outside investigator… More needs to happen to get to the bottom of this.”

Lauer was fired from NBC News in 2017 following a complaint from his colleague Brooke Nevils, who earlier this month made the full details of her allegations public in Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill, in which she accuses Lauer of rape.

Lauer has denied the allegations in a statement, claiming the pair had consensual sex.