BBC presenter sent abusive messages to second young person, broadcaster says: A crisis at Britain's BBC over alleged payments by an unnamed star to a young person for explicit images deepened on Tuesday when its news division reported the male presenter…
The new revelation came after the BBC sought to defend its handling of the growing scandal after acknowledging it did not flag the first complaint to senior management for seven weeks until a tabloid newspaper approached it about the story.
BBC News said on Tuesday it had been contacted by a second young person, who is unconnected to the first, who said they had been approached by the presenter on a dating app. The scandal has dominated national newspapers and television bulletins since it broke on Friday night, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak describing the allegations as “very serious and concerning”.
According to a timeline published by the broadcaster, a member of the young person's family walked into a BBC building on May 18 to make a complaint. The family member contacted BBC Audience Services the next day.
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