Jeffrey Toobin suspended from the New Yorker, Report

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Jeffrey Toobin suspended from the New Yorker, Report
Jeffrey Toobin suspended from the New Yorker, Report

Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended by The New Yorker after he exposed himself during a Zoom call in what he’s describing as an “embarrassingly stupid mistake.”

Toobin, reporter at The New Yorker and author of books like The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson, was suspended by the publication after he “exposed himself during a Zoom call last week between members of the New Yorker and WNYC radio,” Vice reported on Monday. Toobin acknowledged the incident in a statement to Vice, saying he wrongly thought he wasn’t on camera at the time.

“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera,” Toobin said in a statement to Vice. “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers. 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.”

A New Yorker spokesperson confirmed to Vice that Toobin is suspended “while we investigate the matter.” Toobin is also chief legal analyst at CNN, and the network said that he “has asked for some time off while he deals with a personal issue, which we have granted.”

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