I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. In it, he owned up to his “embarrassingly stupid mistake” and tried to explain what happened:
Toobin released a statement of his own about the incident on Monday, too.
Later on Monday afternoon, he was also placed on indeterminate leave by CNN, where he serves as an on-air legal analyst as well. Talk about an awkward return…!Īs noted, the New Yorker has officially suspended Toobin while they investigate the incident. Moments later, after “they saw Toobin jerking off,” the embattled legal analyst and writer appeared to call back into the full group session, “seemingly unaware” that his colleagues had been able to see what he’d been doing through his camera. Toobin’s role on the call had been to provide enlightenment on how the Supreme Court could potentially address a contested November election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.īoth people on the call reported that there was a scheduled ten-minute breakout session from the simulation, at which point they claimed “it seemed like Toobin went on a second video call.” When all the other groups returned from their smaller breakout sessions, Toobin reportedly “lowered the camera,” and one of the people on the call claimed “they could see Toobin touching his penis.” Two people who were reportedly on the Zoom call last week anonymously and separately told Motherboard that the virtual meeting was an election simulation featuring many of the outlet’s most high-profile reporters, as well as a handful of producers from the accompanying radio partner. Related: Wonder If This Has Ever Happened To William And Harry Over Zoom?! For Toobin’s part, he has confirmed the report - but claimed he did not realize his video camera was on. According to a report in VICE, the CNN pundit was masturbating on camera.
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