Masturbating at the Zoom meeting: Jeffrey Toobin suspended from “New Yorker”

Because Jeffrey Toobin masturbated during a zoom call, the author was suspended from the “New Yorker”. At CNN he also resigns.

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New York. US journalist and legal expert
Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended by the US magazine “New Yorker”. The reason: During a Zoom meeting, the author is said to have secretly masturbated and falsely assumed that his camera and microphone were turned off, reports „Vice“.

The portal already has a statement from the 60-year-old in which he expresses his regret: “I made an embarrassing, stupid mistake because I thought I couldn’t be seen in the camera. (…) I thought I had that Zoom-Video muted. (…) I apologize to my wife, my family, my friends and colleagues ”,“ Vice ”quotes him.

Jeffrey Toobin’s masturbation video: The author publicly apologizes

According to witness reports, which Vice also quotes, the meeting was reported by the US election night has been simulated. While most of the participants retired to separate rooms for strategy meetings, Toobin made a second video call and turned the camera on his genitals. Witnesses said the report said that when they returned they saw Toobin stripped about ten minutes later.

Allegedly, Toobin was made aware of his misstep, whereupon he left the meeting immediately, but later called back. The simulation was apparently continued afterwards. After the incident, Toobin’s Conde-Nast email was deactivated. Be Twitter-Account rests since October 13th.

In addition to “The New Yorker”: Toobin’s employment at CNN is also suspended

The consequences of the scandal also affect Toobin’s second job as a legal analyst at CNN. On Saturday he had his last appearance for the time being. Confirmed CNN, “Jeff Toobin has requested time off while he is dealing with a personal issue that we have granted.”

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