Dad and mom of teenybopper at centre of BBC row hit again at lawyer’s ‘garbage’ declare

The dad and mom of the teenager on the centre of the BBC presenter scandal have stated they spoke out to guard their baby.

The mom and step-father of the teenager additionally questioned who had paid to offer their baby with an costly lawyer, in line with The Sun.

The mum instructed the publication: “It is sad, but we stand by our account and we hope they get the help they need.”

It comes after a lawyer appearing for the teenager despatched a letter to the BBC wherein the claims had been described as “rubbish”.

The mum stated: “We did this to help – and the presenter has got into their head. How did they afford a lawyer? We are so sad.”

The step-father added: “We are disappointed they made a statement. It’s not true.”

In a letter reported by the BBC, the younger individual stated through a lawyer: “For the avoidance of doubt, nothing inappropriate or illegal has taken place between our consumer and the BBC persona and the allegations reported in The Sun newspaper are ‘garbage’.”

The lawyer additionally claimed the younger individual had instructed The Sun on Friday night, forward of the newspaper publishing the story, that there was “no truth to it”, in line with the BBC report. They additionally known as the entrance web page article “inappropriate”.

BBC News additionally stated it doesn’t know the identification of the younger individual and has not spoken to them immediately.

A spokesperson for The Sun stated after the BBC reported it had obtained the lawyer’s letter: “We have reported a narrative about two very involved dad and mom who made a criticism to the BBC concerning the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of their baby. Their criticism was not acted upon by the BBC.

“We have seen proof that helps their issues. It’s now for the BBC to correctly examine.”

The mom and step-father have each given The Sun detailed sworn affidavits in which they outline their claims, according to the newspaper.

Claims were made by the newspaper on Friday that the presenter paid tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images.

The publication reported that the youngster, who is now 20 but was 17 when the explicit images were allegedly paid for by the presenter, had used the money to fuel a crack cocaine habit.

The mother told The Sun she had recognised the presenter in an image on her child’s phone which she said showed him “sitting on a settee in his home in his underwear”.

She said she was told it was “an image from some type of video name” and it looked as if he was “preparing” for her child to “carry out for him”.

Under the Protection of Children Act 1978 it is a crime to take, make, share and possess indecent images of people under 18.

A person under the age of 18 is not legally able to give consent to images being taken of themselves. The crime carries a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment.

The family was said to have complained to the BBC on May 19, but allegedly became frustrated at the star’s remaining on air.

The male presenter has now been suspended and is at the centre of an internal BBC investigation.

The BBC stated it had been investigating a criticism since May and new claims of a “totally different nature” had been dropped at it on Thursday.

Besides being in contact with the police, the BBC is finishing up its personal inquiries and speaking to the younger individual’s household.

The Metropolitan Police stated in a press release: “Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command met with representatives from the BBC on the morning of July 10. The assembly befell just about.

“They are assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further enquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed. There is no investigation at this time.”