Jeremy Vine denies being BBC host accused of paying teenager for explicit photos

Jeremy Vine caller rages over potholes in her area Jeremy Vine who hosts a show on BBC Radio 2 – said, “it certainly ain’t me”. The BBC reports that the presenter in question is not scheduled to be on air in the next few days but the corporation is understood to be looking into the claims. Taking to his Twitter account this afternoon [July 8], Jeremy denied being the unnamed presenter. In view of his 786,000 followers, the broadcaster tweeted: “Just to say I’m very much looking forward to hosting my radio show on Monday – whoever the ‘BBC Presenter’ in the news is, I have the same message for you as Rylan did earlier: it certainly ain’t me.” It was claimed an unnamed star at the state-funded broadcaster has been accused of handing over cash sums in return for explicit images from the teenager when they were 17 years old. Jeremy Vine has addressed the claims The family also claim to have complained to the BBC about the presenter’s behaviour on May 19 and begged them to make the man “stop sending the cash”. On Friday, a young person’s family member accused an unnamed BBC presenter of making several payments over the past three years to the person in question in exchange for photographs. Speaking to The Sun, she “blamed” the man for “destroying my child’s life”, as she claimed the money handed to the alleged recipient was used to fuel their crack cocaine addiction. She alleged: “There were huge sums, hundreds, or thousands of pounds at a time. One time he had sent £5,000 in one lump. The money had been in exchange for sexually explicit photographs of my child.” Rylan-Clark has also denied the claims SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Jeremy Vine took to social media The mother claimed her now 20-year-old child showed her an online bank statement that had numerous deposits from the BBC presenter. When asked to comment on the allegations, a BBC spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “We treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them. “As part of that, if we receive information that requires further investigation or examination we will take steps to do this. “That includes actively attempting to speak to those who have contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation. Trending