Jeffrey Toobin Is Fired by The New Yorker

The New Yorker has fired the star journalist Jeffrey Toobin after an investigation into his behavior during a work video call last month, the magazine’s parent company, Condé Nast, said on Wednesday.

As a result of the internal investigation, Mr. Toobin “is no longer affiliated with our company,” Condé Nast’s chief people officer, Stan Duncan, said in a note to staff, which was reviewed by The New York Times.

Mr. Toobin reported the news of his firing on Twitter..

In his memo, Mr. Duncan wrote: “I want to assure everyone that we take workplace matters seriously. We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels respected and upholds our standards of conduct.”

The New Yorker suspended Mr. Toobin on Oct. 19, a week after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with employees of the magazine and WNYC radio.

The call was held to discuss a future episode of a podcast that The New Yorker and the public radio station produce. During a pause in the call for breakout discussions, Mr. Toobin switched to a second call that was the video-call equivalent of phone sex.

“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off camera,” Mr. Toobin said last month. “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.”

Mr. Toobin joined The New Yorker in 1993 under the editor Tina Brown, who brought aboard the magazine’s current top editor, David Remnick, as a writer.

In addition to his work for The New Yorker, Mr. Toobin is the senior legal analyst for CNN. His books include “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court” and “Too Close to Call.” Another of his books, “The Run of His Life,” was adapted for television as the FX series “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.”

Mr. Toobin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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