What we know:
Well loved
Has been suspended
Is paid £35,000
Male
Surely we can figure it out?
EDIT:
The allegations, first reported by the Sun on Friday, are that the BBC presenter paid £35,000 for explicit photos over a three-year period, starting when the teenager was 17
Sorry, misunderstood this part. Maybe we cannot figure it out
What can the BBC reasonably do though?
It sounds like (from the BBC press release) that they made contact with the family involved but received no reply. So it would seem that no evidence has been passed to the BBC.
Without any evidence naming the presenter would likely be devistating to their career, rightly so if actually guilty. But if innocent their career will forever be dogged by the false accusations.
It’s kind of why it’s the perfect stick to beat them with - they can’t win. The Sun newsroom must be really quite pleased with itself, which is never a good sign.
We’ll have to wait and see what comes out of this - serious questions need to be asked if the family didn’t give the BBC evidence at the time (of something that could be a child sex offence) but waited months and told The Sun (although they say they haven’t received payment). Something isn’t quite right with the stories emerging but it will take a while for the truth to shake out.
a judge put an injunction on the story weeks ago, so nobody can actually report on the story without risking a) pissing off a judge and b) prejudicing any court case. Two related but different things!
Have you got a source for that?
it was on the Private Eye podcast last week towards the end
Was it related to this? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12253145/amp/High-public-profile-man-wins-High-Court-bid-anonymity-ahead-BBC-broadcast.html
If so, that sounds unrelated - that’s the BBC wanting to name someone and being blocked by the individual via a court injunction. The individual in that case is already subject to ongoing criminal investigation.
I think it’s the same story, but with new information the Sun went ahead and ran the story. It’s a BBC presenter investigated by Panorama who wanted to run the story. It might be that there are two current BBC presenters being investigated for sexual offences but it would be even more serious so I’ll go with caution and say it’s just one who’s been caught.