![]() ![]() Talk of the town: New Yorker probing Jeffrey Toobin for bizarre penis incident on Zoom callĪt one point, there was a break for those playing Democrats and Republicans to strategize together, and that’s when sources told Vice they saw Toobin pleasuring himself. Toobin was supposed to be playing the part of the courts, while Andrew Marantz represented the far right, Sue Halpern was the left and Dexter Filkins stood in for the military. It was unclear what, if anything, others on the virtual call saw.ĭuring the simulation, Osnos had been playing the role of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Gessen was President Trump, Mayer represented establishment Republicans, and Cobb stood in for the Democrats, the sources told Vice. The two sources said that at one point, it looked as if Toobin was taking another call and lowered his camera, and that’s when they saw him getting to work - on himself. Two people on the video call told Vice the virtual gathering was part of an election simulation last week that included New Yorker notables such as Jane Mayer, Evan Osnos, Masha Gessen and Jelani Cobb, as well as producers from the magazine and WNYC public radio. “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.’’ Jeffrey Toobin Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File I thought I had muted the Zoom video,’’ he said. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera,’’ the 60-year-old married Harvard Law School grad said in a stunning admission to Vice, which broke news of the cringeworthy incident Monday. And, eventually, he and Camerota turned to legal matters.The New Yorker writer and CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin didn’t just expose himself during a Zoom work meeting - he was allegedly caught masturbating in the call with some of the magazine’s biggest names, and has been suspended from the publication. “I am incredibly grateful to CNN for taking me back,” he said. He apologized to CNN staffers, former New Yorker colleagues and his family, and acknowledged he had become the subject of ridicule during his time off air. He also said he felt Conde Nast’s decision to terminate him was “excessive.” Toobin called the incident “deeply moronic,” and said of the incident, “It was wrong, it was stupid and I’m trying to be a better person.” He said an investigation by Conde Nast found no other transgressions during his term of employment there. “To quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?'” Camerota asked. ![]() But his appearance was largely devoted to an explanation of what he did last fall and reactions to it. Toobin was ostensibly brought on air to discuss the legalities of a case in California where a federal judge has overturned a decades-old ban on assault weapons. Revelation of those incidents, meanwhile, has spurred the industry to look more deeply at how it maintains workplace norms and rules of behavior. Prominent employees at CBS News, NBC News and Fox News Channel have left those outlets after complaints about behavior went public. ![]() TV-news outlets have come under intense scrutiny in recent years for appearing to sanction cases of sexual harassment and even assault. The decision is likely to spur mixed reactions. ![]()
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