A staff writer for the New Yorker has been sacked after 27 years with the US magazine following reports he exposed himself during an election simulation Zoom call.
Jeffrey Toobin, who is Jewish, confirmed his dismissal in a tweet on Wednesday. “I will always love the magazine, will miss my colleagues, and will look forward to reading their work,” he added.
The 60-year-old author and journalist was suspended by the New Yorker last month.
He was seen “masturbating” on a Zoom video chat between colleagues and WNYC radio, Vice reported last month, citing two sources who were on the call.
