Life Could Matt Lauer be prosecuted for an alleged rape in Russia in 2014? It’s not likely October 10, 2019 Maria Puente, USA TODAY Comments Off on Could Matt Lauer be prosecuted for an alleged rape in Russia in 2014? It’s not likely Matt Lauer denies he raped a colleague in a hotel room at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. And it's unlikely Russian prosecutors will move against him.