Corporation has not found any paper trail that went beyond network’s senior management
Complaints about Russell Brand prior to his dismissal over “Sachsgate” were never reported to a more senior executive than the head of Radio 2, insiders have told The Telegraph.
The BBC has begun a trawl of complaints about Brand’s behaviour during his stint as a presenter, first on 6Music in 2006 and then on Radio 2 until his sacking in 2008.
But sources said it had not found any paper trial to date that went beyond the network’s senior management.
The corporation has now written to Lesley Douglas, who was controller of Radio 2 at the time, informing her that she no longer needs to stick to confidentiality agreements put in place when she left the BBC.