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BBC Presenter and yet more allegations

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friendlycat · 11/07/2023 23:28

It would appear that the front page of tomorrow’s The Sun has further allegations about messages with a new 17 year old. Creepy hearts etc

Scrolling through Sky news and seeing front pages of the papers. This appears bottom right on The Sun front page.

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CherryCokeFanatic · 12/07/2023 07:48

Are all 4 younger persons about the same presenter. I swear yesterday on bbc radio newsbeat they talked about a second younger person coming forward but seemed to suggest it was a different bbc presenter.

This is so confusing.

lovescats3 · 12/07/2023 07:49

These people in power and with wealth think they can do what they like and are uuntouchable, it's like a sewer and they should be exposed and named, might make the rest of them think twice before doing the same

Lacucuracha · 12/07/2023 07:50

WeAreTheHeroes · 12/07/2023 07:47

You stated you managed not to pay for images of underage children. There's no evidence this person has either.

Eh? I haven’t talked about myself, why are you bringing me into it?

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 12/07/2023 07:50

pendleflyer · 12/07/2023 07:43

so you are saying that mumsnetters on here are being paid?
care to name names?

There are loads of examples of this happening, PR management, hostile states, government interference, buisness interference. Please don't say you are so naieve as to believe everything on the internet is true?

WeAreTheHeroes · 12/07/2023 07:50

The point is that by stating, over and over again, this person has paid underage children for sexual images it's repeating something for which there is no evidence, yet the more it's repeated the more it becomes some people's fact.

Zonder · 12/07/2023 07:50

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MeinKraft · 12/07/2023 07:50

Yikesno · 12/07/2023 06:23

This thread is absolutely amazing - it beggars belief that there could be so many legitimate mumsnet users so vehemently on the side of the unnamed presenter. Something very strange is going on here - I suspect people are being paid to defend him, denigrate the Sun and obfuscate the story in online forums like this one.

I would say the majority of people on Twitter also think this is a witch-hunt that has been orchestrated by the Sun. We haven't heard from the presenter, we haven't seen any detail of anything really except that young person 1 says it's a load of rubbish, young person 2 threatened to out the guy, young person 3 made him a cup of tea and he sent an emoji to young person 4. Calling him a nonce based on that is ridiculous and defamatory.

Bellajac · 12/07/2023 07:50

determinedtomakethiswork · 11/07/2023 23:57

The Sun want to keep this alive, because of the allegations against George Osborne, which were much much more serious, concerning him having sex with a 16-year-old girl who wasn't able to give consent. No, to George Osborne's complete relief, everyone is just talking about the presenter instead.

I agree with this and they would also be very happy to see the demise of the BBC.

IAmSalmaFuckingHayek · 12/07/2023 07:50

Had the BBC quietly investigated this back in May when it was reported, all this speculation would have been avoided.
If photos were of anyone under 18, then yes it’s a criminal offence.
Let’s not pretend that the BBC will not go to great lengths to protect their own, ditto the government, ditto police.
This has come out now because it’s convenient to someone higher up.
Jimmy Savile’s “antics” didn’t come out until after he died because he knew enough to drag more people down. I’m sure there are many other high profile celebrities with similar protection.

WhisperingAutistic · 12/07/2023 07:50

CherryCokeFanatic · 12/07/2023 07:48

Are all 4 younger persons about the same presenter. I swear yesterday on bbc radio newsbeat they talked about a second younger person coming forward but seemed to suggest it was a different bbc presenter.

This is so confusing.

Yes, same person

LaDeeDa123 · 12/07/2023 07:52

@Quveas the language you have used in your post ‘people jumping on the gravy train’ is exactly what was said in the early stages of the Jimmy Savile case. As for why didn’t people speak earlier, please understand that there are highly complex and entirely justifiable reasons why people who are the victims of sexual offences don’t immediately make a complaint. Quite often it takes one person to speak up in order for others to feel confident enough to do so. Victims of sexual offences feel utterly powerless compared to the perpetrator. They may have wanted to try to forget it. They may be still processing it. Would you say to a rape victim their should ‘shut up’ if it took her five years to come forward? I would hope not.
None of this is me saying an offence has occurred in this case. However everything that has been said on here is pure speculation. I doubt any of you will listen but just let things settle on social media, then hopefully The S*N will pipe down too and the police will be able to look at the situation with all the available facts.

IAmSalmaFuckingHayek · 12/07/2023 07:52

In truth all of this information should be coming to light. Whoever this presenter has a, George Osborne, the whole disgusting lot.
Corrupt, seedy men benefit from silence.

CherryCokeFanatic · 12/07/2023 07:53

WhisperingAutistic · 12/07/2023 07:50

Yes, same person

Thanks. Do we know genders? All younger boys?

WhisperingAutistic · 12/07/2023 07:53

CherryCokeFanatic · 12/07/2023 07:53

Thanks. Do we know genders? All younger boys?

They are still just saying youth or young person.

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 12/07/2023 07:53

IAmSalmaFuckingHayek · 12/07/2023 07:52

In truth all of this information should be coming to light. Whoever this presenter has a, George Osborne, the whole disgusting lot.
Corrupt, seedy men benefit from silence.

This, the people that want it hushed up are those that have more to lose. Saville got away with it by maintaining silence, he isn't the only one.

WeAreTheHeroes · 12/07/2023 07:54

Freysimo · 12/07/2023 07:45

He's not a chaplain or counsellor no, but he presents himself as a Christian, clean living, family man, which is a lie. This wouldn't matter if he wasn't held in such respect by the public and the BBC. We've been had.

He's a presenter. Until this story broke and he was named online, all I knew was that he was a presenter.

Zonder · 12/07/2023 07:54

Soothingaftersun · 12/07/2023 07:03

I don't think it says either gender. If it did say from a girl it would appear less likely to be genuine as it doesn't fit the profile

That's what I was thinking. But @ForeverFriendsAndPierrot said a fourth girl.

Winterday1991 · 12/07/2023 07:55

Kiwiandstrawberries · 11/07/2023 23:39

Am absolutely shocked if it is who I think it is! My faith in humanity has been destroyed…he really was my hero and so lovely.

WHERE the hell can I find out who it is?!

Willmafrockfit · 12/07/2023 07:55

there are privacy laws for both the presenter and the victims

pendleflyer · 12/07/2023 07:55

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 12/07/2023 07:50

There are loads of examples of this happening, PR management, hostile states, government interference, buisness interference. Please don't say you are so naieve as to believe everything on the internet is true?

>>Please don't say you are so naieve as to believe everything on the internet is true?
Of course not.
hence, like many on here, am happy to see due process take its course.
and not join a whipped up throng.

Willmafrockfit · 12/07/2023 07:56

the first allegation has been said to be not unlawful by the person involved!

WhisperingAutistic · 12/07/2023 07:57

Winterday1991 · 12/07/2023 07:55

WHERE the hell can I find out who it is?!

Just search BBC presenter on twitter. It's quite obvious from the tweets.

Willmafrockfit · 12/07/2023 07:57

@Kiwiandstrawberries
i cant believe he was your hero,
sounds like a rubbish claim

Calloffruity · 12/07/2023 07:57

Winterday1991 · 12/07/2023 07:55

WHERE the hell can I find out who it is?!

Twitter, Reddit, Tattle, tiktok, ask your gran...it's not exactly a secret at this point!

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