 BBC boss Tim Davie has confirmed the broadcaster is in contact with the family who claimed Huw Edwards paid a young person for explicit images. The director-general, 56, told parliament on Wednesday the BBC has been 'in touch' with the complainant who claimed Edwards, 61, paid £35,000 for sexual pictures since the allegations were first published in The Sun. He said at the pre-arranged House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee: 'Since that weekend we have been in touch with the complainant and we want to be engaged and appropriately listening and understanding their concerns.' The family of the young person had originally complained to the BBC in May and the corporation said it tried to contact them twice. In a letter to BBC News, the young person at the centre of the controversy later said via lawyers that nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened with the then-unnamed presenter. On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said no criminal offence has been committed by Edwards and The Sun said it has no plans to publish further allegations. The Sun published allegations he paid for sexually explicit pictures (Picture: AFP) BBC boss Davie addressed the controversy in parliament(Picture: PA) BBC News had reported a second person claiming they felt threatened by messages they received from Edwards. BBC Newsnight has also reported claims that one former and two current employees at the corporation claim they had received messages from the veteran broadcaster that made them feel uncomfortable. The BBC is continuing 'fact-finding' enquiries which Davie said at the committee could take 'weeks or a couple of months or even longer' as he was not in 'control of all the variables.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video He added: 'My main priority is to be fair and get all the information into that process and act judicio){kind=link}
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BBC boss Tim Davie has confirmed the broadcaster is in contact with the family who claimed Huw Edwards paid a young person for explicit images.
The director-general, 56, told parliament on Wednesday the BBC has been ‘in touch’ with the complainant who claimed Edwards, 61, paid £35,000 for sexual pictures since the allegations were first published in The Sun.
He said at the pre-arranged House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee: ‘Since that weekend we have been in touch with the complainant and we want to be engaged and appropriately listening and understanding their concerns.’
The family of the young person had originally complained to the BBC in May and the corporation said it tried to contact them twice.