The publication later went into more detail about what occurred, citing witness accounts:īoth people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely, noted that it was unclear how much each individual person on the call saw, but both of the people we spoke to said that they saw Toobin jerking off.

I thought I had muted the Zoom video,” Toobin told VICE. “I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. Toobin managed to be caught with his pants down in view of New Yorker and WNYC radio employees who participated in the Zoom call, he said, because he “believed was not visible on Zoom.” VICE later updated the story to clarify that Toobin was masturbating. The New Yorker said Toobin was suspended pending further investigation. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers,” Toobin said of last week’s incident. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. VICE Motherboard reported the news Monday afternoon, which included an apologetic statement from Toobin confirming that this, indeed, occurred.

CNN chief legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin apparently exposed his penis-and then some-during an “election simulation” Zoom call last week related to his work for the latter news organization, resulting in a suspension.

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