The BBC presenter at the centre of a scandal after allegedly paying more than £35,000 to a teenager in exchange for sexually explicit images, reportedly tried to meet up with the teenager at a train station
The BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager more than £35,000 for sexually explicit images tried to meet up with the teen at a train station, their family has claimed.
The unnamed presenter has been accused of paying more than £35,000 to a teenager – now 20 years old – in exchange for sexually explicit images, according to the young person’s mother. The mother of the alleged recipient claimed her child used the money to fund an addiction to crack cocaine and says she blames the presenter for “destroying her child’s life”.
A letter from a lawyer acting on behalf of the teenager said the allegation was “totally wrong and there was no truth to it”.
In a letter to the BBC, the lawyer wrote: “For the avoidance of doubt, nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the BBC personality and the allegations reported in the Sun newspaper are ‘rubbish.'”