URGENT talks between BBC and the Culture Secretary are set to take place today over the top presenter who is accused of paying a child for sexual pictures. The Sun’s bombshell claims that TV star g…
URGENT talks between BBC and the Culture Secretary are set to take place today over the top presenter who is accused of paying a child for sexual pictures.
that TV star gave the teenager more than £35,000 dominated the BBC’s news coverage as bosses remained silent on the crisis.The BBC presenter at the centre of a sex-pictures scandal stripped to his underpants for a video call, the alleged victim’s mother claimed yesterdayShe recalled: 'I was shocked to see a picture of him sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear'It has now been revealed Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will today hold urgent talks with the BBC's boss.
In a statement, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport called the allegations "deeply concerning". It said in a statement: "As a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the BBC that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively, with [DCMS] kept informed."
It comes after, Senior Tory MP Caroline Dinenage said: “The BBC clearly has some very serious questions to answer.”
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