The BBC has been urged to act ‘very swiftly’ on claims that an unnamed presenter is alleged to have paid a teenager for sexually explicit images. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said 'it looks like these issues were raised in May, we’re now in July'.
The BBC has been urged to act ‘very swiftly’ to deal with the claims that an unnamed presenter is alleged to have paid a teenager for sexually explicit images.minister Victoria Atkins described the claims reported by the Sun as ‘very, very serious’ as questions over the broadcaster’s handling of the situation were raised.
In the latest claim, the young person’s mother said she saw a picture of the presenter on her child’sThe mother said she was told it was ‘a picture from some kind of video call’ and looked like he was ‘getting ready for my child to perform for him’. ‘But as public attention and concern grows the BBC is going to have to act very swiftly to deal with these allegations and to set out what they are doing to investigate them.’
The Labour MP said: ‘I do feel that I often come on this programme and we do start with another crisis at the BBC.
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