To say the mood is grim at the BBC would be an understatement. In a long line of recent crises, a messy, murky, seemingly sordid scandal involving a top presenter could prove to be its gravest in a decade.
The identity of the man has not been reported by any major media outlet because of the UK’s strict defamation and privacy case law, but his identity is an open secret at the BBC.
Deadline has spoken to several of the individual’s close colleagues in recent days and there is a mixture of shock and sorrow at the allegations. “People are incredibly sad,” said one person.
There is anger too. Anger that the BBC did not even question the presenter until seven weeks after a complaint was made against him.
Anger that wild speculation over the presenter’s identity has become, as one senior insider described it, a “national...
The identity of the man has not been reported by any major media outlet because of the UK’s strict defamation and privacy case law, but his identity is an open secret at the BBC.
Deadline has spoken to several of the individual’s close colleagues in recent days and there is a mixture of shock and sorrow at the allegations. “People are incredibly sad,” said one person.
There is anger too. Anger that the BBC did not even question the presenter until seven weeks after a complaint was made against him.
Anger that wild speculation over the presenter’s identity has become, as one senior insider described it, a “national...
- 7/11/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC presenter suspended for allegedly paying a teenager for explicit images is said to have made panicked phone calls to the young person last week as The Sun reported on the claims.
The British tabloid reported on Monday that the star, who is not being named by UK media for legal reasons, phoned the teenager to ask: “What have you done?”
The presenter also attempted to stop the teenager’s mother, who appears to be the source of The Sun‘s reporting, to halt the investigation by the BBC.
The mother reportedly complained to the BBC about the presenter in May and told the story of her child to The Sun in a series of articles over the weekend.
The presenter was suspended on Sunday and the BBC has contacted the Metropolitan Police. The teenager was allegedly aged 17 when they were first in contact with the presenter in 2020. It...
The British tabloid reported on Monday that the star, who is not being named by UK media for legal reasons, phoned the teenager to ask: “What have you done?”
The presenter also attempted to stop the teenager’s mother, who appears to be the source of The Sun‘s reporting, to halt the investigation by the BBC.
The mother reportedly complained to the BBC about the presenter in May and told the story of her child to The Sun in a series of articles over the weekend.
The presenter was suspended on Sunday and the BBC has contacted the Metropolitan Police. The teenager was allegedly aged 17 when they were first in contact with the presenter in 2020. It...
- 7/10/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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