Who is the BBC tv star taken off air ? I don't watch enough TV to know who should be on but now isn't. They say he's a household name. I'm thinking either ? or ? 🤔
*edited out original thoughts as it's pretty clear who it is now *
I have yet to see a name mentioned. However, I'm not British - I just enjoy a lot of British TV.
shareThey need to hurry up and name the son of a gun.
shareA major takeaway here is that some rich asshole apparently paid 35k for some photos of a 17 year old. You can find free photos of 18+ adults online...did I mention they were free?
Some people are thick as pig shit. They deserve to be cancelled whoever they are.
I thought the same thing. Only fans is a thing.
This is where the abuse of power comes into it. Legally they have likely done nothing wrong, but morally it's just grubby.
This will be worse than the Phil schofield story because the public pay for the BBC.
Maybe this will be enough to finally get rid of the rip off license fee.
From what I hear, the AOC laws mean it would be fine for this presenter to have literally slept with the accuser. However possessing sexually explicit images of them is actually against the law.
It's one of those odd things. Technically they can have sex if they want but the laws pertaining to what is essentially pornography, dictate that the 'performer' must be 18.
So they actually could be prosecuted for possessing sexual images of an underage person.
You can sleep with a 16 year old but have naughty pics of an almost adult 17 year old and people loose their shit and all the other stuff about positions of power and not being allowed to marry under 18s scribbled onto the end of the law only complicates things further.
I really don't see why they don't just raise the age of consent to 18: it'd be a lot simpler and would make a lot more sense in this day and age.
I agree that the AOC and 'pornographic consent' should be aligned.
Raising the AOC to 18 makes a lot of sense. Even many Brits think it's 18 here, due to it being 18 in many states of America and with 18 being when you legally become an adult.
I stopped paying licence fee about 3 yrs ago,
therefore stopped watching "live TV"
never looked back - its great .
I either think of something I actually want to watch - and watch it when i want rather than what time they say ,
or i go do something else .
I *dont* sit there flicking channels watching "Worlds {blankiest} {blank}" or whatever shit they are pumping out
whenever I got to ALL4 or similar to watch something on catchup , and see the "most popular" on the front page I think
"yup , still not missing anything"
I only watch sky news live. The license fee is a joke. I could stop paying - they'd need to prove I'm watching but my nerves can't take the stress of who is knocking on my door! So like a muppet, I pay it every year 🫤
shareIt seems like everyone has zeroed in on who it is.
shareBizarre new twist;
Teenager at centre of the 'BBC sex pics scandal' says nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened with the male presenter and that claims made by their mother are 'rubbish'
A lawyer for the young person at the heart of the BBC presenter scandal has said claims made by their mother are 'rubbish'.
In a letter to the corporation, a lawyer for the teen said their client had denied claims by the Sun that an unnamed male presenter had allegedly paid them £35,000 for sexually explicit photos.
The correspondence, issued through their lawyer, claims there is 'no truth' to the claims made in the 'inappropriate article', and that nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened, reports the BBC.
However, the Sun has hit back saying it has seen evidence that supports the concerns of the young person's parents and that their complaint was not acted upon.
The parents have responded to this;
But only hours later their mother and step-father - who claim the teen used the money gained from the photos to fund a crack cocaine addiction - hit back.share
Speaking to The Sun, the mother said: 'It is sad but we stand by our account and we hope they get the help they need.
'We did this to help - and the presenter has got into their head. How did they afford a lawyer?
'We are so sad.'
The step-father added: 'We are disappointed they made a statement. It’s not true.'
The corporation earlier said it had been investigating a complaint since May, and that new claims of a 'different nature' were brought to it on Thursday.
But the step-father disputed this, telling the Sun that the corporation was 'not telling the truth'.
"I told them the youngster was 20 and it had been going on for three years.”
He added: “I told the BBC I had gone to the police in desperation but they couldn’t do anything as they said it wasn’t illegal. They knew all of this.”
So this 20 year old crack addict has some top notch lawyer? Hhhmmmm...
I think we've got quite an extraordinary situation here - we've got reputations, careers, and futures at stake.
None of the principals have spoken out openly about what has happened and if you analyse that from a newsroom point of view, this is a pretty unsatisfactory position to be in because this is a 72-hour news cycle but nobody is really clearer about where the truth lies.
If you analyse this from a legal perspective, this is really coming down to some very difficult questions about privacy.
The firm that the young person has instructed to contact the BBC is not a modest, high street firm, they are a multinational practice so they know what they're doing.
They have repeatedly emphasised that their client alleges this is a breach of their privacy.
That's quite a strong allegation to make. Yet because the individual hasn't been named it's not necessarily going to end up in the courts.
I think when you look at this - reporting claim and counter-claim - we end up in a situation where the public wants us to tell them what this really amounts to in legal terms - is this going to amount to a court case?
We don't know, and no-one seems to be sure at the moment.
Yeah they need to check the youngster's bank statements again ... and see who is paying for the lawyer. The "presenter" is digging himself deeper.
shareBBC says 'presenter faces claims about second young person'. Contact was made via a dating app. NFD's.
shareHe's finished. Even if he's done nothing illegal, he's had his reputation tarnished. A married man of 61 creeping after young adults (seems like the first young person was a male, so he's been outed for being bisexual too!).
shareAnd a third now too ....
sharePlus mounting pressure from Jeremy Vine and other presenters (as well as from the BBC itself, according to The i newspaper) on the man to publicly name himself for the sake of those being falsely accused on social media. Don't think I'll hold my breath on that one!
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