British Police Assessing Information From BBC Over Claim That Presenter Paid Teen for Explicit Photos

London, July 10: British detectives met representatives of the BBC on Monday over allegations that a leading presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. The UK's publicly funded national broadcaster has suspended the male star, who has not been named, over allegations he gave a youth 35,000 pounds (USD 45,000) starting in 2020 when the young person was 17.

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London's Metropolitan Police force said detectives were 슬롯사이트œassessing the information discussed at the meeting and further enquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed슬롯사이트�.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Pakistan Warns of Heavy Rainfall, Issues Flood Alert After India Releases 1,85,000 Cusecs of Water.

"There is no investigation at this time," the force said. The Sun newspaper, which first reported the allegations, said the young person's mother had complained to the BBC in May but that the presenter had remained on the air.

The BBC said in a statement on Sunday that it 슬롯사이트œfirst became aware of a complaint in May슬롯사이트�, but that 슬롯사이트œnew allegations were put to us on Thursday of a different nature슬롯사이트�.

The broadcaster said 슬롯사이트œthe BBC takes any allegations seriously and we have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations슬롯사이트�.

It said the corporation had also been in touch with 슬롯사이트œexternal authorities슬롯사이트�, but did not specify whether that was the police.

슬롯사이트œThis is a complex and fast-moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps,슬롯사이트� the BBC said.

슬롯사이트œWe can also confirm a male member of staff has been suspended.슬롯사이트� The presenter's name has not been disclosed because of British privacy laws. But that has not stopped fevered speculation on social media about the man's identity.

Several of the BBC's best-known stars spoke up to say it wasn't them and even threatened to take legal action against online accusers. Radio host Nicky Campbell said it had been 슬롯사이트œa distressing weekend, I can't deny it, for me and others falsely named슬롯사이트�.

슬롯사이트œToday I am having further conversations with the police in terms of malicious communication and with lawyers in terms of defamation,슬롯사이트� Campbell said on his BBC radio programme. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman, Max Blain, said the allegations were 슬롯사이트œconcerning슬롯사이트�, but that the government had been 슬롯사이트œassured that the BBC is investigating this matter quickly슬롯사이트�.

슬롯사이트œThe first thing to do is establish the facts and ensure they are set out at the appropriate time,슬롯사이트� he said. The scandal comes weeks after commercial UK broadcaster ITV faced its own scandal when Phillip Schofield, a long-time host on the channel's popular morning show, quit in May, admitting he had lied about an affair with a much younger colleague.

ITV executives were summoned to Parliament to answer questions about whether the broadcaster had a 슬롯사이트œtoxic슬롯사이트� work culture and had covered up misconduct by stars.

The BBC faces greater scrutiny than other broadcasters because of its status as a national institution funded through an annual license fee of 159 pounds (USD 203) paid by all households with a television.

It has been hit by several scandals involving its stars over the years, most notoriously when longtime children's TV host Jimmy Savile was exposed after his death in 2011 as a pedophile who abused children and teens over several decades.

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