A BBC presenter at the centre of a ‘sex photo’ scandal has been urged to come forward by other colleagues.
A third young person has now claimed the presenter broke Covid lockdown rules to meet up with them.
It comes after earlier this week allegations were made against the star by The Sun – however the person in the middle of the story denied the claims.
The young person – who has no connection to the person at the centre of the Sun’s story about payments for photos – says they were contacted by the presenter on a dating app and pressured to meet up.
When they refused, the presenter allegedly sent them a number of ‘threatening messages’.
Yesterday, BBC Director-general Tim Davie said ‘everyone in this building knows who it is’ during an interview on Radio 4.
The unnamed presenter is accused of appearing in his underwear in a video call with the person, who was 17 when the alleged arrangement started and is now 20.
But a letter from a lawyer representing the young person said there had been no inappropriate behaviour and called The Sun’s story ‘rubbish’.
ALLEGATIONS OF COVID ‘RULE-BREAKING’
A 23-year-old person has claimed the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit photos broke lockdown rules to meet them during the pandemic, The Sun reported.
The newspaper said it has seen messages which suggest the presenter travelled to see the young person in February 2021, after meeting them on a dating website the previous November.
The 23-year-old told the Sun the presenter travelled from London to a different county to meet them at their flat, when strict coronavirus lockdown rules were in place including a stay at home order and mixing only between household bubbles.
The young person told the newspaper: ‘He came round for an hour…. We just chatted. He was obsessed with me making him a cup of tea.’
They appear to be a separate person to the others who have made claims against the presenter, who has been suspended by the BBC.
