Oh, nonsense. You are assuming things that are not told you in the story. You *might* be right, but you could just as easily be wrong.
I may say things that you don't agree with, but none of them is "nonsense."
We are all speculating here, but if he is in a position of power and there was some sort of threat involved, then it was not consensual.
There is no more nonsense in my opinion/speculation than in yours.
Matt Lauer is clearly not an honorable man, so my guess is that my speculation has more likelihood of being what happened than giving him the benefit of the doubt.