The longtime anchor of NBC’s Today, Matt Lauer, on Wednesday became the latest high-profile man to lose his job over allegations of sexual misconduct.

Lauer was fired by NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack on Wednesday morning after an NBC News employee brought a lawsuit against Lauer stating that he had sexually assaulted her while on assignment at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. That woman and her lawyer, Ari Wilkenfield, also talked to the New York Times on Monday morning, but declined to allow her name to be printed.

Lauer’s co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie, announced the news on Today Wednesday morning, saying she was “heartbroken” and “devastated.”

Lack sent a memo about Lauer’s dismissal to NBC News staff, which read, in part: “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company’s standards. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.

“Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who the offender.

“We are deeply saddened by this turn of events. But we will face it together as a news organization – and do it in as transparent a manner as we can.”

Later on Wednesday, two more women came forward with allegations, according to the New York Times.

Lauer is the latest high-profile man to be fired as a result of sexual misconduct allegations that have been swirling ever since several women detailed abuse and harassment at the hands of studio mogul Harvey Weinstein. Since then, organizations have separated themselves from CBS’ and PBS’ Charlie Rose, comedian Louis C.K., political journalist Mark Halperin, Flash and Supergirl showrunner Andrew Kreisberg, Amazon’s Roy Price, Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey and others. And others, such as Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) have had to apologize after their past inappropriate actions came to light.

Also on Wednesday, Garrison Keillor was let go from Minnesota Public Radio after being accused of sexual misconduct. The show he hosted, A Prairie Home Companion, is being renamed under Chris Thile, who took over as host of the show earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Roy S. Moore, about whom several woman have levied allegations that he was sexually inappropriate with them when they were underage, continues to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, although Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has called for him to step aside “if the allegations are true,” and has said “I believe the women.” President Donald Trump has been supporting Moore, and on Wednesday, Moore was polling ahead of his Democratic rival, Doug Jones, in the special election, which will be held Dec. 12.

After the news broke about Lauer, President Donald Trump tweeted “when will the top executive at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News.”

Later, he called for MSNBC President Phil Griffin to be investigated and fired.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, as many as 15 women said that Trump had sexually harassed and assaulted them. In response, Trump threatened to sue them.

In early October, the Washington Post reported and published a video of Trump talking lewdly about women to Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush saying “when you are a star, [women] let you do it. You can do anything—grab them by the p—ssy.”

Trump later apologized, while NBC fired Bush. But Trump recently has been questioning the validity of the Access Hollywood tape. On Monday, the hosts of Access Hollywood, Natalie Morales and Kit Hoover, said during the show that the tape was “very real.”

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