He says 'perfectly innocent colleagues' are being falsely accused of involvement in the allegations.
Watch: Tim Davie, the BBC's director general, faced questions on Tuesday about the corporation's presenter rowJeremy Vine has said the unnamed presenter at the centre of recent allegations should identify himself.
The first allegations against the anonymous BBC figure, which were first reported by The Sun, are that the presenter paid a young person for explicit photos beginning when they were 17. The newspaper says it has seen messages which suggest that as well as visiting the 23-year-old's home, he also sent money and asked for a picture. He was sent a semi-naked photograph.
The presenter was spoken to seven weeks after the initial complaint, the night before the Sun published the claims. A police force has confirmed it was contacted by the family in April and that "no criminality was identified". An email was sent to the complainant but no response was received, and a subsequent follow-up call on 6 June "did not connect", the BBC said.
In the paper's report on Monday, it was stated: "The family say no-one from the corporation rang them for a proper interview after the initial complaint."with the parents of the young person, in which the step-father is quoted as saying allegations were put to the BBC "for an hour".
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