The historic presenter of the BBC Huw Edwards is behind the scandal for the alleged payment to a minor for photographs sexual that has splashed the British media. Until now, the name of the defendant, who had been suspended, was unknown, but the wife of one of the most recognizable faces in the chain revealed her identity this Wednesday.
The London Metropolitan Police (Met) sees no evidence of crime against the presenter and has closed its investigation after interviewing the different parties involved. The Met Specialized Crime Command has also reported that authorizes the BBC to reopen your internal case reviewuncovered on the 7th by the tabloid newspaper The Sun.
Edwards, 61, was in charge of announcing the death of Elizabeth II and throughout his career directed the coverage of the biggest events in the UKincluding elections, royal weddings and the 2012 Olympics.
The scandal has dominated the national press since the outbreak on Friday night and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the allegations “very serious and worrying.”
He will respond to the accusations “when he is well”
The presenter’s wife, Vicky Flind, has assured that Edwards “suffers from serious mental health problems” and that the events of the last few days “have made things much worse”, for which he is receiving hospital care.
“Once you’re well enough to do it, intends to respond to stories that have been published,” said Flind, who said he expected a statement to put an end to speculation that had affected other Edwards colleagues.
the presenter had been denounced by the parents of a 20-year-old for having allegedly paid his son for three years, since he was 17, in exchange for him sending him sexual photographs.
In the article of The Sun, whose content was denied by the young man himself, his parents said that he had earned up to 35,000 pounds with which he paid for his drug addiction.
Following the publication, another person in his 20s contacted the BBC for report receiving threatening messages from the same presenter.
Besides, The Sun published a new accusation from another 23-year-old who claimed that Edwards had breached lockdown to meet him in February 2022, and some messages that the presenter allegedly sent to a 17-year-old minor on Instagram in 2019.
2023-07-12 18:46:24
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