The suspended presenter at the centre of the growing sex scandal has been getting support from colleagues, it is claimed.
Fresh allegations emerged yesterday against the unnamed BBC presenter at the centre of the current controversy.
BBC News claims to have seen abusive messages sent from the presenter to a person in their twenties, who has no connection to the young person discussed in The Sun’s story.
The pair had been communicating on a dating app prior to the incident, it is reported.
BBC News said it had contacted the presenter via his lawyer, but had received no response to the allegations.
Later, it was reported that an unnamed police force had been approached by the parents of the young person involved in the separate sexual pictures allegation in April.
The same police force later held meetings with the Metropolitan Police and the BBC.
Former BBC News correspondent Jon Sopel said the unnamed star is ‘getting some support from across the world of broadcast but from outside that as well’.
Speaking on The News Agents he said: ‘A number of people have been in touch with the presenter to say they feel righteous fury over the way The Sun has covered this and it is fair to say that the presenter at the heart of this is also extremely angry over a lot of The Sun coverage and is convinced they’re trying to dig and find new dirt to harm this particular person’s reputation.’
Mr Sopel added ‘you can’t imagine what a maelstrom it must be’ for the accused star.
BBC stars have offered their support to the alleged ‘angry’ presenter who has been hit with accusations of paying a teenager for sexually explicit images.
In recent days, the corporation has come under fire after it emerged it took them several weeks to look into complaints filed by the person’s concerned mother and stepfather.
Now, a string of BBC stars are said to have been rallying around the presenter who is said to be ‘angry’ with the way the story has since emerged after it broke last week.
Yesterday, the BBC said that the corporation ‘takes these matters extremely seriously’ as it released a timeline into how the original complaint was managed.
BBC boss Tim Davie also spoke about the period of time it took the network to investigate the allegations, saying: ‘I think it’s right and fair-minded that they [investigators] should make contact with the individual who made that initial allegation to audience services, get some verification and talk to that person and understand exactly what they’re dealing with before they raise that with an individual [presenter].’
