How does the BBC get out of the presenter mess?

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Seriously how does the BBC now go forward and what can be the conclusion to this story? The story could run for some time with on going speculation about the presenter and eventually in my opinion a name will drop.

Can there therefore be any sort of fair investigation because I think there may be too much aspirational damage now for a career to be as ed. It seems the knives the BBC sit on this the more scrutiny there is and they desperately need a conclusion?

I don’t know what I’d do but I can believe it’s what’s motivating them

The sun is a filthy rag
What is alleged isn't even illegal
I dont know why people are frothing over this its a private matter - social media is really digging new depths this year after the Nicola Bulley and Philip schofield debacles.

It is illegal.

We'll never get change and young people will always be exploited if no one's gong to hold these people to account.

It can't be that The Sun (who will have taken legal advice) have put themselves at risk of being sued for massive damages by printing a story where they have no proof?
Surely the story was carefully about the BBC not taking action when one of their employees was accused of a crime. It wasn't that a celeb had committed a crime, and he wasn't named. That suggests to me they have no evidence that would stand up in court.

OF is just speculation, no one knows how they were in contact.

I don’t know how you can categorically state it’s illegal when clearly the police aren’t sure and the alleged victim says it’s rubbish.

Yep agree with this. The Sun made this story about the BBC not acting when the dad / parent approached them in May. Presumably with zero evidence. I don't think the Sun has seen anything other than emails sent to the BBC.

I can't find who it is! How is it everywhere and I can't find it!

Why on earth not? It wouldn’t be the first time the Sun has completely fabricated one of its stories. They’re known for it.

”Lies, Damned Lies and Sun Exclusives!”

That’s what used to be said about them. It’s a phase coined by the Mirror after the Sun invented an interview they never did and called it a World Exclusive.

You can't be looking very hard.

What's alleged (which si waht was saidy) is illegal. Obviously none of us know of it happened, but the allegation,if accurate, is of illegal acts.

Well said @Figgygal

My hope is that more parents might start paying attention to what content their children are consuming. Who they are talking to and who they are influenced by. How to help them understand fake news and images. Help them to understand how comments have an impact on the real life of people who haven’t necessarily done anything illegal.

This current generation of keyboard warriors are quite happy to blow up someone’s life based on some whodunnit tease from a shitty tabloid with a ‘powerful’ owner.

I don’t know who it is either. I’ve Googled and looked on Tattle but I’m getting upwards of 10 names that keep reappearing and it seems from this thread there is a ‘favourite’. Where do I need to look? I’m obviously crap at this. Can someone “DM me hun”? 😂

*@NeedToThinkOfOne
Figgygal
The sun is a filthy rag
What is alleged isn't even illegal
I dont know why people are frothing over this its a private matter - social media is really digging new depths this year after the Nicola Bulley and Philip schofield debacles.

Well said @Figgygal

My hope is that more parents might start paying attention to what content their children are consuming. Who they are talking to and who they are influenced by. How to help them understand fake news and images. Help them to understand how comments have an impact on the real life of people who haven’t necessarily done anything illegal.

This current generation of keyboard warriors are quite happy to blow up someone’s life based on some whodunnit tease from a shitty tabloid with a ‘powerful’ owner.*

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This. 100% this.

It didn't stop them over Hillsborough. Mud sticks. Murdoch is an evil man.

Yes, Angus Deayton had to step down from HIGNFY when he had become the news rather than commenting on it.

How could they suspend on the basis of vague allegations that no-one would back up? That would be dreadful employment practice.

That's exactly the correct employment practice. Suspension on full pay isn't a punishment, it's to protect all parties while the allegation is investigated. If the outcome had been that said presenter hadn't broken their terms of employment (which would include breaking the law) then they would be back to normal duties, if not they'd go through the dismissal process.

No. If someone possesses an indecent image of a child they are committing an offence (various defences to this but none that would apply if eg someone bought images via OF and looked at them on their device).

Fair point.

I don’t have twitter but I just photo googled leaked bbc photo tv presenter or something like that.

I was replying to someone who said this started on OF . Not the legalities of it.

Has anyone got a link to the lawyers letter.
PP says that is how people know the young adult is male as it apparently says 'his mother' . However, all the links to the letter I've seen don't reference the person's sex at all.

Yes all fair points. It just boggles my mind that they would risk such a huge law suit.

Didn’t the parents also claim they heard the accused on the phone to the victim ‘what the fuck are you doing’ or something along those lines. There doesn’t seem to be much evidence that we the public no but all is very fishy. Payoff or an embarrassed 20 year old if you ask me. What ever happened to the Schofield victim….probably the same although I can only speculate.

Funnliy enough I watched Jeremy vine this morning…he was discussing this and he named everyone that’s been mentioned apart from the name all over Twitter 🤨