Ryan Glasspiegel
Jeffrey Toobin was suspended from the New Yorker for masturbating on a Zoom call. The story was first reported by Vice.
“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers,” Toobin told Vice in a statement. “I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video.”
The Vice report adds that this occurred during an election simulation in which Toobin was playing the courts. Many of the New Yorker’s other star writers were playing roles in the call, including Jane Mayer, Evan Osnos, Jelani Cobb, Masha Gessen, and Andrew Marantz.
Two anonymous sources spoke to Vice to say that they saw Toobin masturbating on the Zoom call. “The two sources described a juncture in the election simulation when there was a strategy session, and the Democrats and Republicans went into their respective break out rooms for about 10 minutes,” the report says. “At this point, they said, it seemed like Toobin was on a second video call. The sources said that when the groups returned from their break out rooms, Toobin lowered the camera. The people on the call said they could see Toobin touching his penis. Toobin then left the call. Moments later, he called back in, seemingly unaware of what his colleagues had been able to see, and the simulation continued.”
Toobin has been at the New Yorker for over a quarter-century — he started writing there in 1993. The New Yorker said Toobin is suspended while they investigate the matter. Toobin has also been a legal contributor at CNN since 2002; they said in a statement that Toobin has asked for time off to address a personal issue and they granted it.
Looks like Karma came out of Covid quarantine. She tends to have great timing.
This was not a mistake. I believe he’s angling for a Biden cabinet position.
Another child rapist, like Woody Allen, Jerry Sandusky, and the Bidens?
What a dick uh dork oh whatever
CNN home of freaks and geeks
Was he doing it to his co-workers?
Creep. Another poster boy pervert for CNN and the Democrats.
He was Toobin alright!
I see what ya did there!!!
Sources at the New Yorker who were on the zoom call remarked it was unusual when an identified voice joined the call and announced “I’m here to fix your copier” with what sounded like jazz music in the background.
Have his computer checked for child porn sick bastard wasn’t looking at voting trends on his computer.
Toobin – come upins’ are a bitch! Good luck with your career with Tuggy…
Toobin – come upins’ are a bitch! Good luck with your career Tuggy…
Toobin mistakenly read the agenda as erection stimulation instead of election simulation. honest mistake…
Hey now !!!
Isn’t this sexual misconduct/harassment? What say you #metoo?
He was pulling the lever for Biden.
Toobin was choking his chicken with a picture of Melania.