![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/urgent-talks-with-bbc-to-take-place-over-presenter-paying-child-for-sex-pics/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/silhouette-man-smart-financier-calculating-830422131.jpg&description=Breaking BBC SCANDAL Published : 12:09, 9 Jul 2023 Updated : 12:22, 9 Jul 2023 URGENT talks between BBC and the Culture Secretary are set to take place today over the top presenter who is accused of paying a child for sexual pictures. The Sun's bombshell claims that TV star gave the teenager more than £35,000 dominated the BBC's news coverage as bosses remained silent on the crisis. 2 The BBC presenter at the centre of a sex-pictures scandal stripped to his underpants for a video call, the alleged victim's mother claimed yesterday Credit: Shutterstock 2 She recalled: 'I was shocked to see a picture of him sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear' Credit: Reuters It has now been revealed Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will today hold urgent talks with the BBC's boss. In a statement, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport called the allegations "deeply concerning". It said in a statement: "As a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the BBC that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively, with [DCMS] kept informed." It comes after, Senior Tory MP Caroline Dinenage said: 'The BBC clearly has some very serious questions to answer.' The mother of the child who claims the BBC star paid her child for sexual pictures yesterday told of how she was stunned to see a phone image of the presenter in his boxer shorts. She recalled to The Sun: 'I loved watching him on TV. 'So I was shocked to see a picture of him sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear. 'I immediately recognised him. 'He was leaning forward getting ready for my child to perform for him. 'My child told me, 'I have shown things' and this was a picture from some kind of video call.' The star is off-air but has not been suspended while claims are being investigated. According to the BBC's website, staff accused of a serious breach of discipline can be 'immediately suspended'. But the presenter is believed to still being paid his){kind=link}
URGENT talks between BBC and the Culture Secretary are set to take place today over the top presenter who is accused of paying a child for sexual pictures.
The Sun’s bombshell claims that TV star gave the teenager more than £35,000 dominated the BBC’s news coverage as bosses remained silent on the crisis.
It has now been revealed Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will today sit down with the BBC boss Tim Davie.
In a statement, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport called the allegations “deeply concerning”.
It said: “As a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the BBC that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively, with [DCMS] kept informed.”