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To a teenager for explicit photos. the bbc has released new details of its investigation into the claims. it says just two attempts were made over several weeks to contact the family concerned. the bbc�*s director general tim davie confirmed that the unnamed presenter was not spoken to about the issue until seven weeks after the initial complaint when new information had emerged. he also conceded, that the allegations had been "clearly damaging". the bbc has been asked to pause its investigation by police while they make further inquiries. on may 18th, the complainant went to a bbc building ...

The case was kept open so that does not mean we had finished. we have a process where we keep going back, we leave a bit of time and then we go back so the case was kept open... you left a lot of time when you consider that was the 18th or 19th of may until last thursday. you can see from the timeline, they were contacted, there was no response. we can debate how many times that should have happened, but the allegations were taken seriously. do you think it's odd the presenter was only spoken to last thursday? no... and what was his response, has he denied it? i'm not going to get into the spe...

Davie, calls within those pressures. tim davie. thank _ calls within those pressures. tim davie, thank you _ calls within those pressures. tim davie, thank you very much. calls within those pressures. tim l davie, thank you very much. thank ou. with me is lizo mzimba, our culture correspondent. you have new information that is just coming in. you have new information that is just coming in— you have new information that is just coming in. yes, we have a later statement from _ just coming in. yes, we have a later statement from the _ just coming in. yes, we have a later statement from the sun...

Of its presenters paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter, who hasn't been named, has been suspended, but the young person's family is said, by the sun newspaper, to be upset by the corporation's latest response. behaviour on may 19th, according to the sun. the paper says the family told it "no—one from the corporation rang them for a proper interview" after that initial complaint. the bbc�*s director—general, tim davie, has said allegations "of a different nature" were put to the corporation last thursday, 6th may. on friday, the sun ...

These accusations concerns serious misconduct by a presenter that the newspaper claims is known to millions. the front page story claims that the man who has not been named, it is claimed in the paper that he paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the mother tells the newspaper the person had gone from happy—go—lucky to a ghostlike crack addict in three years. the family is reported to have complained to the bbc in may 19th this year, which leaves questions around what steps were taken after the complaint. the family is reported to have become frustrated ...