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Matt Lauer’s daughter Romy crashed into a fence and fled the Hamptons
Disgraced NBC News star Matt Lauer‘s glamorous daughter Romy crashed her car into a fence and fled the scene.
But RadarOnline.com can reveal that local police later arrested the 20-year-old for leaving her license plate in the wreck.
A source said the incident took place in the Hamptons over the Fourth of July weekend, when the dismissed Today host‘s daughter crashed her Jeep Wrangler into a fence and sign after a night out with two friends.
The crash was first reported around 4 a.m. on July 5 by a neighbor who “heard a loud noise” and “worried someone had been injured.”
Southampton Town Police then arrived on scene on North Sea Mecox Road, where they recovered Lauer’s daughter’s license plate number.
Police confirmed that Romy Lauer had been issued a ticket and summons for leaving the scene of an accident, an insider said Page six power of attorney attorney Edward Burke Jr. is “currently involved in the matter and is resolving this for Ms. Lauer.”
Burke Jr. is the the same lawyer represent Justin Timberlake in response to the 43-year-old singer Hamptons DUI bust in June. Burke Jr. also represented Matt Lauer in the past.
Romy Lauer, who Matt Lauer shares with his 57-year-old ex-wife Annette Roqueposted a video on TikTok shortly before the accident in Southampton on the morning of July 5.
She and two friends uploaded the clip, which can be viewed below, on the night of July 4 while eating at Kissaki – a popular sushi restaurant just outside the hamlet of Water Mill.
The trio, talking over a clip of the comedian Kevin James from 2007 said: “I have three things to say: God bless our troops, God bless America and sir, start your engines!”
Matt Lauer’s horse daughter previously made headlines in 2019 when she uploaded another clip with her father to social media. The video marked one of the former NBC host’s first sightings after his departure from Today over allegations of ‘inappropriate sexual conduct’.
If RadarOnline.com reported, was 66-year-old Lauer fired from NBC News in November 2017 afterwards Brooke Nevils claimed the Today host sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Nevils also said the alleged harassment continued after they returned to New York.
Although Lauer admitted to having an affair with Nevils, he claimed it was consensual. Later, more women came forward after he was fired from NBC News with more allegations of non-consensual sex.
Lauer denied the allegations, saying at the time, “I fully acknowledge that I acted inappropriately as a husband, father and executive at NBC.
“I want to make it absolutely clear, however, that any allegations or reports of coercive, aggressive or unlawful actions on my part at any time are absolutely false.”
Annette Roque filed for divorce from her embattled husband amid the allegations against him. They were married for 21 years and, in addition to their daughter Romy, also share sons Jack, 23, and Thijs, 17.
Lauer added in an apology statement amid the allegations: “Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed.”
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