CNN pundit Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended for "accidentally flashing his penis during a Zoom call with colleagues," and reportedly also masturbating.
Anti-Trumper Toobin was suspended by the New Yorker after showing his man part during a virtual meeting with the magazine and WNYC radio, sources revealed to VICE.
Jeffrey Toobin has worked as staff writer for the New Yorker for more than 25 years
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Jeffrey Toobin has worked as staff writer for the New Yorker for more than 25 yearsCredit: CNN
On Monday evening, VICE updated its story with the editors note: “This piece has been updated with more detail about the call. The headline has been updated to reflect that Toobin was masturbating.”
The headline was updated to, “New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Masturbating on Zoom Call.”
VICE spoke with two anonymous people who were on the call which was an election simulation featuring the New Yorker’s most prolific journalists, with Toobin reportedly playing the courts.
Both sources said they saw Toobin “jerking off.”
The simulation included a strategy session with a break of about 10 minutes.
The anti-Trumper was suspended by the New Yorker after showing his man part during a Zoom meeting, sources said
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The anti-Trumper was suspended by the New Yorker after showing his man part during a Zoom meeting, sources saidCredit: Getty Images
"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," the VICE report states.
"Moments later, he called back in, seemingly unaware of what his colleagues had been able to see, and the simulation continued."
Toobin has since apologized and told the news outlet: "I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera.
"I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.”
Toobin added: "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."
Toobin has not posted to Twitter for approximately one week and his Conde Nast email has been disabled, according to the report.
'I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers,' Toobin said in a statement
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'I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers,' Toobin said in a statementCredit: Getty Images - Getty
“Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended while we investigate the matter," Natalie Raabe, a spokesperson for the New Yorker, said.
The spokesperson did not elaborate.
Toobin has worked as staff writer for the New Yorker for more than 25 years.
He has worked as a senior legal analyst for CNN for 18 years.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12970184/cnn-jeffrey-toobin-suspended-penis-masturbating-zoom-call/
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