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Former NBC Correspondent Accuses Tom Brokaw Of Sexual Misconduct

Linda Vester, who worked for a decade at NBC before moving to Fox News, says the legendary news anchor groped her and forcibly tried to kiss her on two separate occasions in the 1990s.

A woman who worked as an NBC correspondent says long-time network anchor Tom Brokaw made unwanted advances toward her some two decades ago, groping her and trying forcibly to kiss her.

Linda Vester, who covered the Middle East and Africa for NBC and later

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