Questions BBC should reply over presenter accused of paying for express pictures

The BBC “clearly has questions to answer” after one among its presenters was accused of paying a youngster for express pictures, a senior Conservative MP has stated.

The younger particular person’s mom stated that whereas she complained to the BBC on 19 May, it was “obvious” to her that the company had not spoken to the person by the next month.

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The presenter is alleged to have first requested pictures in 2020 when {the teenager} was 17, and has allegedly made a collection of funds since then.

The youth, who’s now aged 20, used the cash to fund a crack cocaine behavior which “destroyed” their life, their mom has additionally claimed.

As the story leads many news web sites together with the BBC’s personal, what are the questions it must reply?

• What did it do when the grievance was first made in May? Were commonplace HR protocols adopted?

• Did it instantly attempt to contact the household? How many makes an attempt had been made to contact the household?

• What is the date when the presenter was first spoken to? Was the presenter spoken to after the preliminary grievance was made?

• Given there have been issues that the kid’s life was in peril, was the BBC’s response passable?

• Does it intend to research whether or not funds to the kid continued after the household first contacted the BBC?

• Will it look into whether or not the presenter contacted the kid from work, or throughout working hours?

• Is the licence payment payer contributing to the presenter’s cell phone prices?

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Mother’s plea to BBC bosses

In an interview with The Sun on Sunday, the younger particular person’s mom stated: “We just wanted the BBC to tell him to stop.”

Her youngster instructed her that they had obtained a fee of £1,000 in June, the mom stated.

Now 20, her youngster has used the person’s cash to gasoline a critical drug downside, she stated.

She added: “Initially the security boss gave us a number that didn’t exist.”

Dame Caroline Dinenage, who chairs the Culture, Media and Sport committee, stated she was involved that the company had taken a “very long time” to investigate the claims.

Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, stated the scandal was “deeply concerning”.

Asked about an alleged delay in investigating the grievance, Ms Reeves instructed Sky News: “I think that’s the concerning thing, that someone makes a complaint – a very serious complaint – and then puts on the telly the next night and they’re still there.

“And that is not ok.”

BBC takes allegations ‘very critically’

A BBC spokesperson stated: “We treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them.

“As a part of that, if we obtain info that requires additional investigation or examination we’ll take steps to do that. That consists of actively making an attempt to talk to those that have contacted us with a view to search additional element and understanding of the state of affairs.”

They added: “If we get no reply to our makes an attempt or obtain no additional contact that may restrict our means to progress issues however it doesn’t imply our enquiries cease.

“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.”