What we know:

Well loved

Has been suspended

Is paid £35,000

Male

Surely we can figure it out?

EDIT:

The allegations, first reported by the Sun on Friday, are that the BBC presenter paid £35,000 for explicit photos over a three-year period, starting when the teenager was 17

Sorry, misunderstood this part. Maybe we cannot figure it out

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    which will likely come soon enough.

    Yeah all the top paid presenters are scrambling to say it wasn’t them, I imagine their agents are sticking a rocket up the BBC for having to do this when this could, apparently, been dealt with months ago. So the Been will need to resolve this quickly just to limit the damage.

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      What can the BBC reasonably do though?

      It sounds like (from the BBC press release) that they made contact with the family involved but received no reply. So it would seem that no evidence has been passed to the BBC.

      Without any evidence naming the presenter would likely be devistating to their career, rightly so if actually guilty. But if innocent their career will forever be dogged by the false accusations.

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        1 year ago

        It’s kind of why it’s the perfect stick to beat them with - they can’t win. The Sun newsroom must be really quite pleased with itself, which is never a good sign.

        We’ll have to wait and see what comes out of this - serious questions need to be asked if the family didn’t give the BBC evidence at the time (of something that could be a child sex offence) but waited months and told The Sun (although they say they haven’t received payment). Something isn’t quite right with the stories emerging but it will take a while for the truth to shake out.