BBC presenter dealing with teenager claims ‘appeared in underwear on video call’
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BBC presenter on the centre of claims he paid a youngster for specific footage allegedly appeared in his underwear in a video name, The Sun has reported.
The newspaper stated the unnamed BBC star has been accused of paying a youngster greater than £35,000 in trade for sexual photographs.
Neither the person or {the teenager}, who was stated to be 17 when the funds started, was recognized.
The younger particular person’s mom advised The Sun she noticed an image of the presenter on her youngster’s telephone by which he was “sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear” and he or she stated she was advised it was “a picture from some kind of video call”.
I believe that is very critical for the BBC, let’s make no bones about this.
The Sun stated {the teenager}’s household complained to the BBC on May 19.
The BBC reported on the story in its news bulletins all through Saturday.
On the News at Ten offered by Clive Myrie, particular correspondent Lucy Manning stated: “I think this is very serious for the BBC, let’s make no bones about this.
“The understanding is the presenter isn’t due on air in the near future, but we haven’t been told, and we have asked, we haven’t been told by the BBC whether there has or hasn’t been a formal suspension.
“The BBC will need to answer if the investigation should have happened sooner, if it should have been more thorough, and if it’s fair to other presenters unconnected to this that their names are now sort of in the headlines.”
Ms Manning stated she thinks this “really does have the potential to severely dent the BBC’s reputation”.
The Sun reported that whereas the presenter is off air, he has not been suspended.
On Saturday, amidst hypothesis on social media, plenty of BBC stars tweeted to say they weren’t the presenter on the centre of The Sun story.
Rylan Clark tweeted: “Not sure why my name’s floating about but re that story in the Sun – that ain’t me babe. I’m currently filming a show in Italy for the BBC, so take my name out ya mouths.”
Jeremy Vine tweeted: “Just to say I’m very much looking forward to hosting my radio show on Monday — whoever the ‘BBC Presenter’ in the news is, I have the same message for you as Rylan did earlier: it certainly ain’t me.”
Gary Lineker tweeted: “Hate to disappoint the haters but it’s not me.”
Nicky Campbell appeared to recommend he had contacted police about being talked about in reference to the story.
He tweeted a screenshot which featured the Metropolitan Police brand and the phrases: “Thank you for contacting the Metropolitan Police Service to report your crime.”
In his tweet, he wrote: “I think it’s important to take a stand. There’s just too many of these people on social media. Thanks for your support friends.”
A BBC spokesperson stated: “We treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them.
“As part of that, if we receive information that requires further investigation or examination we will take steps to do this. That includes actively attempting to speak to those who have contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation.
“If we get no reply to our attempts or receive no further contact that can limit our ability to progress things but it does not mean our enquiries stop.
“If, at any point, new information comes to light or is provided – including via newspapers – this will be acted upon appropriately, in line with internal processes.”