![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-reveal-full-timeline-of-presenter-scandal-star-wasnt-approached-with-allegations-for-seven-weeks/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_All-Main-Candidates-For-PM-Address-CBI-Conference.jpg&description=BBC boss Tim Davie held a press conference today – amid the BBC presenter scandal - following the release of the corporation's annual report of top earners BBC director-general Tim Davie has addressed the presenter scandal in a press conference today, with the BBC sharing a timeline of "key dates". The dates shared with the BBC claim they first received a complaint from a family member on May 18 – however, the corporation said the claims from the newspaper were "from the same family" but were "different to the matters being considered by BBC Corporate Investigations". The anonymous presenter was only approached with the allegations on July 6, on the day they were contacted by The Sun newspaper. Opening the conference, Acting chair Elan Closs Stephens told reporters: "The BBC is currently at the centre of a very significant news story. I know that you will all want to use this press conference to ask questions and it's right, absolutely right, that we take some time to brief you and to take questions. But I do want to remind everyone that this press conference is part of the BBC's accountability to its license fee payers for the whole of last year. "Tim will speak more about our ongoing issue in a moment. But, before he does, I just want to say on behalf of the board that we all of this take extremely seriously and we want to ensure it is dealt with properly – that is our role." The BBC also released a statement in conjunction with the meeting. It read: "Yesterday, 10 July, the BBC's Corporate Investigations Team had a meeting with the Metropolitan Police in relation to information provided to the BBC by The Sun newspaper on Thursday 6 July. "As a result of this meeting, the BBC has been asked to pause its investigations into the allegations while the Police scope future work. "We know that questions have been asked about how the complaint was initially managed, so today we have published an update that sets out key dates and some additional information that we are c){kind=link}
BBC boss Tim Davie held a press conference today â amid the BBC presenter scandal – following the release of the corporation’s annual report of top earners
The BBC revealed today they did not speak to the presenter at the centre of the sex scandal until almost two months after the teenager’s family first made the accusations.
Director-general Tim Davie addressed the presenter scandal at a press conference today, with the BBC sharing a timeline of key dates as they revealed for the first time how events unfolded.
The BBC claim they first received a complaint from a family member on May 18 â however, the corporation said the claims from The Sun Newspaper were “from the same family” but were “different to the matters being considered by BBC Corporate Investigations”.
The anonymous presenter was only approached with the allegations on July 6, on the day they were contacted by The Sun newspaper.