Ronan Farrow and NBC: a timeline of the 2-year conflict between the Pulitzer-winning journalist and the network accused of trying to kill his Harvey Weinstein exposé

Ronan Farrow is an American investigative journalist known for his reporting on sexual abuse allegations, particularly those against Harvey Weinstein.
In 2017, Farrow was investigating allegations against Weinstein for NBC News, but the network ultimately declined to publish his reporting.
In October 2017, Farrow published his Weinstein investigation in The New Yorker instead, which helped launch the #MeToo movement and later won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Since then, Farrow and Rich McHugh, his former investigative partner , have alleged that NBC tried to kill the story because of pressure from Weinstein's lawyers and also to prevent sexual misconduct allegations against former "Today" show host Matt Lauer from becoming public.
In his book released October 15, 2019, " Catch and Kill ," Farrow alleges that Weinstein knew about allegations against Lauer and used that knowledge to pressure NBC executives to stop investigating him.
NBC has denied discouraging or obstructing the Weinstein reporting. The network claims it did not know of Lauer's behavior until 24 hours before he was fired from NBC.

In October 2017, two separate investigations into allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, one published in The New York Times and the other in The New Yorker , helped launch the global #MeToo movement.

Both publications went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their Weinstein reporting.

Ronan Farrow, the investigative journalist who reported the story for The New Yorker, has been ensnared in a heated back-and-forth with NBC since he left the network in 2017. Farrow was originally investigating Weinstein for NBC News in a freelance capacity, but the network ultimately declined to publish his reporting.

NBC did not respond to Business Insider's specific questions for this story, but a publicist for the network passed along two internal memos one from October 9, 2019, the other from October 14, 2019 written by NBC executives to employees, refuting many of Farrow's allegations.

Here's a complete timeline of the tumultuous saga, from Farrow's early reporting on Weinstein, which allegedly prompted surveillance and legal threats from the Hollywood producer himself, to the publication of Farrow's book.

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