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SCANDAL: BBC suspends presenter over explicit images claims
BBC ^ | July 9 | The BBC

Posted on 07/09/2023 9:30:27 AM PDT by RandFan

Here's what you need to know...

An unnamed male BBC presenter has been suspended over allegations he paid a teenager $45,000 for sexually explicit photos

It is understood the BBC has been in touch with police over the claims

BBC director general Tim Davie has confirmed the corporation first became aware of the allegations in May, adding that he is taking the situation "extremely seriously"

He also says new claims of "a different nature" were revealed on Thursday and the BBC is in contact with the family

In an email to BBC staff, Davie also condemned social media speculation about which presenter is involved Some BBC presenters took to social media to deny they were the star in question, including Rylan Clark, Jeremy Vine, Nicky Campbell and Gary Lineker

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer spoke to Davie on Sunday about the "deeply concerning" claims and called for the BBC to be given "space" to investigate

Fresh allegations, published by the Sun, say the star was pictured in his underwear "ready for my child to perform for him"

Conservative minister Victoria Atkins has urged people to consider the young person at the heart of the matter, who will likely be "feeling all sorts of emotions" in the wake of the story

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: joescarbourough

1 posted on 07/09/2023 9:30:27 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Possibly related:

Man who exposed Jimmy Savile says there’s another ‘untouchable’ paedophile in UK

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23016140.man-exposed-jimmy-savile-itv-says-another-untouchable-paedophile-uk/


2 posted on 07/09/2023 9:34:11 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: RandFan

Very timely story, with this week’s release of Sound of Freedom.


3 posted on 07/09/2023 9:38:54 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: RandFan

And Phillip Schofield just got the sack from ITV.


4 posted on 07/09/2023 9:53:38 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: RandFan

Britain has been ground zero for homos and perverts for 150 years.


5 posted on 07/09/2023 10:01:21 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: RandFan

Oh Noes! Pedophilia is not normalized yet. “P” has not been added to the letter fruit salad. It is still just a “+”.


6 posted on 07/09/2023 10:08:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: RandFan
$45,000 for sexually explicit photos?

You can find photos like that for free on the Internet any time you want. Nobody would pay that much for photos. There was obviously an expectation of a lot more than just photos.

7 posted on 07/09/2023 10:32:03 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: RandFan

You know with the name BBC...something bad is going to happen.


8 posted on 07/09/2023 11:52:16 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: RandFan

Apparently, ITV isn’t immune neither....

Scandal-Plagued U.K. Ex-TV Host Denies Grooming Much Younger Colleague, but Admits “I Did Something Very Wrong”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scandal-plagued-u-k-ex-095021294.html


9 posted on 07/09/2023 11:56:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: proust

Johnny Rotten (of the Sex Pistols) was calling out Saville for his behaviour all the way back in the Seventies, but no one took him seriously...


10 posted on 07/09/2023 12:32:35 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: RandFan
Over the years the BBC has produced many,*many* outstanding dramas,comedies and documentaries. My videodisc cabinet is overflowing with them.

But the BBC News division is,I suspect,crawling with Maoists and perverts...just as is MSLSD...See BS News,etc.

Finding depraved scumbags there shouldn't be a surprise.

11 posted on 07/11/2023 4:00:39 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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