In the scandal surrounding allegations of abuse against a prominent BBC presenter, the alleged victim had her own mother’s allegations rejected. The allegations, which became public via the newspaper “Sun”, are untrue, the BBC quoted on Monday evening from a letter from a lawyer representing the young person.
“For the avoidance of doubt, nothing improper or illegal took place between our client and the BBC personality and the allegations reported in the Sun newspaper are rubbish,” it said. Accordingly, the alleged victim had already rejected the allegations on Friday evening at the “Sun”. The “inappropriate” article was nevertheless published.
The newspaper quoted the alleged victim’s mother as accusing the unnamed presenter of having paid her child a total of £35,000 (almost €41,000) over three years for sexually explicit photos and videos. Accordingly, the alleged victim was 17 years young at the beginning of the alleged acts and is said to have used the money to buy drugs. After public outrage, the BBC announced on Sunday that it had suspended the moderator. London Police said they were reviewing the information to see if there was a possible crime after meeting BBC officials on Monday.
