Posted: Jul 9, 2023 16:51 GMT
As the identity of the suspect has not been revealed, the public has begun to speculate on the Internet about who he may be, which has generated reactions from some stars of the British channel.
A well-known British BBC presenter has been accused of pay a teenager a total of more than £35,000 ($45,000) for sexually explicit images as of 2020, when he was only 17 years, informa The Sun.
According to the outlet, the family of the young man, who is now 20 years old, complained to the BBC about his star’s behavior on May 19 and begged them to make the man “stop sending the money” because they had discovered that his son had been using the money to pay for your addiction to cocaine in stone.
The mother told the newspaper how her son had gone in three years from being “a carefree young man to a crack addict ghost looking“.
However, he pointed out that the family will not request any compensation from the channel. “All I want is for this man stop paying my son for sexual photos and to stop financing his drug addiction,” he said.
“When I see him on TV, I get sick”
He also complained about the fact that the presenter continues to appear on the television channel. “When I see it on TV, I get sick. I blame this BBC man for destroy my son’s life. For taking away my son’s innocence and giving him the money for crack that could kill him,” he denounced.
In response to the complaints, the channel began to verify the information and suspended the broadcast of the implicated employee. “It is understood that BBC is investigating the allegations and that the star does not plan to go on the air in the next few days”, reacted the chain to the accusations.
In addition, the corporation stated that it is working as quickly as possible to clarify the facts and that the presenter has been suspended. “The BBC first learned of a complaint in May,” confirmed the chain in a statement.
The channel assured that, in addition to its own investigation, it had also contacted the Police.
“It’s not me”
As the identity of the presenter has not been revealed, the public began to speculate on the Internet about who it could be, which provoked reactions from some BBC stars.
So, announcer Rylan Clark tweeted on Saturday that The Sun article was not about him and he wrote the message: “that ain’t me babe” (“that’s not me baby“, in Spanish). “I’m currently filming a show in Italy for the BBC,” he added.
BBC Radio presenter Jeremy Vine also said that the accusations do not refer to him. “Only [quiero] To say I’m really looking forward to presenting my radio show on Monday and whoever ‘BBC Presenter’ is on the news, I have the same message for you, as Rylan did earlier: certainly not me“, wrote.
For his part, the star of the soccer program Match of the Day, Gary Lineker, did not mention the article, but ironized on Twitter: “I hate to disappoint the haters, but it’s not me.”
As for journalist Nicky Campbell, tweeted that he had denounced the Police to an anonymous account for a publication in which he stated that he was the defendant.
2023-07-09 20:17:00
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