New allegations against BBC presenter at centre of explicit photo row
At this stage, the presenter revealed his identity and told the young person not to tell anyone.
Later, the young person alluded online to having contact with a BBC presenter, and implied they would name him at some point.BBC News has been able to verify that the messages were sent from a phone number belonging to the presenter.Claims about the unnamed BBC presenter first surfaced in the Sun newspaper on Friday night.
The paper quoted a mother as saying her child, now 20, had used the money paid for explicit photos to fund a crack cocaine habit, and worried they could "wind up dead". A lawyer for the young person has since said the accusations were "rubbish" but the family are standing by the account.At a press conference, BBC director general Tim Davie said the presenter was not spoken to until last Thursday - seven weeks after the first complaint was made to the corporation.
Two attempts had been made to contact the family involved, before the Sun approached them with new claims last week, the BBC said.The presenter, who has been suspended, is not being named because of concerns about defamation and breaching his [email protected] include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.
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