Teen says nothing illegal occurred with BBC presenter

A teen on the centre of an allegation {that a} BBC presenter paid them to pose for sexually express images says nothing inappropriate or illegal occurred and that the allegations are “garbage,” their lawyer says in a letter to the UK public broadcaster.

Police are finishing up additional inquiries to determine whether or not any crime has been dedicated after BBC representatives met with detectives on Monday morning.

Officers mentioned they’re assessing the knowledge mentioned on the assembly however haven’t but launched an investigation following allegations the presenter paid a youngster tens of hundreds of kilos for sexually express photos.

A male member of BBC workers has been suspended following claims that he paid a teenager about 35,000 kilos ($A67,450) over three years, from the age of 17, for express photos.

The Solar reported on Monday that the presenter had made “panicked” calls to the particular person final week after the allegations turned identified.

In a letter reported by BBC Information At Six, the younger particular person mentioned by way of a lawyer: “For the avoidance of doubt, nothing inappropriate or illegal has taken place between our shopper and the BBC persona and the allegations reported in The Solar newspaper are ‘garbage’.”

The authorized consultant additionally claimed, the information program mentioned, that {the teenager} informed The Solar on Friday night forward of the newspaper publishing the story that there was “no fact to it”.

The “inappropriate article” was nonetheless placed on the entrance web page, the lawyer additionally informed BBC Information.

The BBC mentioned it had been investigating a grievance since Might, and that new claims of a “completely different nature” had been dropped at it on Thursday.

In addition to being in contact with the police, the BBC is finishing up its personal inquiries and speaking to the younger particular person’s household.

A spokesperson for The Solar mentioned: “Now we have reported a narrative about two very involved mother and father who made a grievance to the BBC concerning the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of their little one. Their grievance was not acted upon by the BBC.

“Now we have seen proof that helps their considerations. It is now for the BBC to correctly examine.”

BBC director-general Tim Davie is because of face the media on Tuesday for a scheduled briefing following the discharge of the company’s annual report.

In a observe to workers on Sunday, he mentioned: “The BBC turned conscious of a grievance in Might; the BBC investigations staff have been wanting into this because it was raised and have been actively following up.

“New allegations, of a unique nature, had been put to us on Thursday, and, along with our personal inquiries, we’ve additionally been in contact with exterior authorities, according to our protocols.

“I also can affirm that we’ve suspended a member of workers.”

{The teenager}’s mom informed The Solar newspaper she noticed an image of the presenter on her kid’s telephone “sitting on a settee in his home in his underwear”.

The mom mentioned she was informed it was “an image from some form of video name” and appeared like he was “preparing for my little one to carry out for him”.

The household had been mentioned to have complained to the BBC on Might 19 however allegedly turned annoyed that the star remained on air.

On Monday, the newspaper reported that the presenter had made “panicked” calls to the younger particular person following the allegations, claiming that he requested “What have you ever executed?” and informed them to inform their mom to cease the investigation.

Gary Lineker, Rylan Clark, Jeremy Vine and Nicky Campbell are among the many BBC stars to have publicly acknowledged that they aren’t the presenter in query.

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