🔴 The BBC has suspended its investigation into allegations a presenter paid a teenager for explicit photos while the Met Police force continues its work, the broadcaster’s director-general has said
In a statement, the BBC said: “Yesterday, 10 July, the BBC’s Corporate Investigations Team had a meeting with the Metropolitan Police in relation to information provided to the BBC by“As a result of this meeting, the BBC has been asked to pause its investigations into the allegations while the police scope future work.”
However the BBC’s investigators’ “assessment was that the claim did not include allegations of criminality” and when the family didn’t respond to attempts to contact them to verify their story the case was “left open.”made different allegations last week, he said. “As a result of this meeting, the BBC has been asked to pause its investigations into the allegations while the police scope future work.
“There will, of course, be lessons to be learned following this exercise. Although the current issues has not yet been fully resolved, the Director-General has asked Leigh Tavaziva, the BBC’s Group Chief Operating Officer, to assess whether our protocols and procedures are appropriate in light of this case, and report to the BBC Board on this in due course.”
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