Just one day after NBC's bombshell firing of Matt Lauer, the disgraced former Today show anchor's lawyers are said to be scrambling to get him a whopping $50 million payout.

As readers know, NBC fired Lauer, 59, after receiving various complaints about his sexual acts from female employees. One woman gave troubling details of a sexual encounter she had with Lauer in his office. She said he forced her to have sex with him on a chair, locked the door and left her passed out on the floor, alone. She allegedly woke up with her pants off and had to seek help from Lauer’s assistant, who took her to the nurse.

Sources reveal to Page Six lawyers for Lauer, who still has a year-and-a-half left of his $20 million contract, are working on at least getting him paid out through the remainder of his original agreement with the network.

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Lauer filed a public apology Thursday morning saying that he was deeply “embarrassed and ashamed,” of his sick actions towards his female colleagues. He claimed that while some of the things said about him were lies or exaggerations, “there is enough truth in these stories” to make him realize the severity of his inappropriate actions.

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