Recently, an embarrassing news came out where a journalist got suspended for exposing himself during an official meeting. With the pandemic, everyone has been working from home as it has disrupted everyone’s work. The American lawyer Jeffrey Ross Toobin, the legal analyst for CNN and the New Yorker was suspended after he was caught masturbating during a meeting with his colleagues. The virtual meeting was being held on a zoom call when they caught him. After the news started spreading, Toobin came forward saying that he was really embarrassed about the stupid mistake he did. He apologized to everyone saying he thought that he had turned off his camera and the audio was on mute. He said that he would have never behaved the way if he knew he was online. Many went on to say that his argument is valid and his work was intruding on his bedroom.
How did the journalist and his colleagues react to this?
The Vice went on to question everyone who was present at the meeting. Some said that although it was unclear, they were sure he was jerking off. In between, they had a break when Toobin was seen on another call and the camera angle was lowered. They saw him touching himself after which he left the meeting and joined back not knowing what had happened. The next day Natalie Raabe confirmed that he has been suspended and they are investigating what had happened.
Nobody—NOBODY—deserves the level of humiliation that Jeffrey Toobin is being subjected to. I don’t even think Trump does, although I hope that he and his kids all do prison time.
— ANNE LAMOTT (@ANNELAMOTT) October 21, 2020
Today we landed a spacecraft on an asteroid 200 million miles away and instead of talking about that we're all here on Twitter talking about Borat and Jeffrey Toobin's penis
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 22, 2020
All of these “actually what Jeffrey Toobin did is fine and the real problem is society” think pieces are barf worthy
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) October 21, 2020
Tobin has stepped down from his position asking for some time off. He said that whatever happened is a personal issue and he will come back once everything is settled. Few similar incidents have happened earlier also. One such is of judge Donald Thompson who was accused of masturbating during a trial and was later suspended. Also, a lawmaker was seen fondling his partner’s breasts during a video conference of a parliamentary session. As a result, he was also suspended after the video went viral. Clearly, work from home is not really suitable for many it seems.
Who is Jeffrey Toobin?
Born on 21st May, 1960 Jeffrey Ross Toobin is a well-known personality when it comes to legal broadcasting. Born to Marlene Sanders and Jerome Toobin who were already working in broadcasting, Toobin went to Harvard Law School. He was the editor of Harvard Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. After graduating, he started working as an attorney and then started working for the New Yorker. He did numerous legal analysis for high-profile cases including Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton, OJ Simpson, and more. He is also an author and has published around seven books and many of them were best-sellers.
Toobin was married to Amy Bennett McIntosh who also went to Harvard with him. They had two children together. Later on, they split as Toobin had an extramarital affair with Casey Greenfield. He had a child with Casey who he did not acknowledge at first but after DNA testing, he had to pay for child support. He has also won 9 Emmy Awards for the series that were adapted from his books.
