Why would it be Matt Lauer's ex colleague to have read his apology instead of him?

Can you imagine in any other line of work/ area of life where it is someone who had nothing to do with the wrongful act who reads the apology?

Has it happened that another person, ex colleague or a student, etc., is reading/saying the apology instead of the guilty person?

”...Savannah Guthrie was once again joined by Hoda Kotb…” Is there a mention that it’s one of them who read the statement instead of him?