today s front pages contain new serious allegations against a top bbc presenter. the star is accused of allegedly paying a teenager thousands of pounds in exchange for explicit photos. in new claims today, the individual s mother told the sun on sunday, the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn t naming the presenter for legal reasons. it s claimed the man paid around £35,000 to a 17 year old over a three year period for explicit photos. the young person s mother told the paper her child, now 20, used the money to fund a crack cocaine habit. the family told the newspaper. they complained to the bbc in may, but are said to have become
of paying a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos beginning when they were 17. bbc news impartiality covers stories about the wider corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification from the corporation on the story. helena wilkinson reports. today s front pages contain new serious allegations against a top bbc presenter. the star is accused of allegedly paying a teenager thousands of pounds in exchange for explicit photos. in new claims today, the individual s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn t naming the presenter for legal reasons. it s claimed the man paid around £35,000 to a 17 year old over a three year period for explicit photos. the young person s mother told
high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. in an email to staff this afternoon, the director general, tim davie, said they became aware of a complaint in may and the bbc investigations team have been looking into it since it was raised and have been actively following it up. the bbc said they were alerted to new allegations of a different nature on thursday. there has been mounting pressure on the corporation to act. today, culture secretary lucy frazer held urgent talks with the bbc director general, tim davie, and said she was assured the corporation was investigating swiftly and sensitively. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn t naming the presenter for legal reasons. it s claimed the bbc star paid
mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. in an email to staff this afternoon, the director general, tim davie, said they became aware of a complaint in may and the bbc investigations team have been looking into it since it was raised and have been actively following it up. the bbc said they were alerted to new allegations of a different nature on thursday. there s been mounting pressure on the corporation to act. today culture secretary lucy frazer held urgent talks with the bbc director general, tim davie, and said she was assured the corporation was investigating swiftly and sensitively. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn t naming the presenter for legal reasons. it s claimed the bbc star paid around £35,000 to a 17 year old over
in the sun yesterday. the paper isn t naming the presenter for legal reasons. it s claimed the bbc star paid around £35,000 to a 17 year old over a three year period in return for explicit photos. the young person s mother told the paper her child, now 20, used the money to fund a crack cocaine habit. the family told the sun they complained to the bbc about the presenter in may, but became frustrated that the star remained on air. this afternoon, the culture secretary, who described the allegations as deeply concerning, spoke to the bbc s director general tim davie. the bbc do need to speed up theur processes. it looks like these issues were raised in may, we re now injuly and the presenter stayed on air. in all of the sand in our