It was Huw

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According to his wife...

Any evidence supporting them? Or do you suddenly not care about evidence? 🙄

It all seems so deja vu. Didn't this happen with Philip Schofield as well last month? I feel sorry for the wives. I wonder how many women's husbands like cock? Seems strange how all these men are in broadcasting - I wonder if there is a link?

Maybe there are, but I image most parents would be deeply unhappy to discover a 60 year old married man with children was chatting up and asking their 17 year old teenager for suggestive, sexual images. And providing what looks like big time hush money that went on to feed a serious drug habit. And they would want such a person exposed for their behaviour.

The whole saga has been a despicable witch hunt brought about by the Sun who clearly
a. Want to bring down the bbc
b. Want to distract from the Boris not handing over his phone saga

he may have acted inappropriately (or perhaps the whole thing was made up) but nobody deserves to have their private lives all over the media in this way. I feel for him, I particular feel for his wife and kids.

The sun deserves to be burnt to the ground.

How is anyone surprised.. all you had to do was look at his schedule and see he was replaced on the one show last Friday .. !! I honestly thought everyone knew by now..

BUT ... look at the bigger picture.

Whole thing stoked up by the Murdoch empire who aren't the BBCs biggest fans ..

The police have clearly stated no criminal charges or investigations..

So we are down to the court of the daily Mail , Sun and all those who wanted to keep the allegations of George Osboune off the front page..

Not to mention a government who hate the BBC because their tawdry chairman appointment and sacking was another of that charlatan Johnson's men ...

Look under the covers folks and don't believe everything the Tory press screams at you !

Seems like the MN jury has not only been in session but reached a verdict.
What is the sentence.

May I just say, for the sake of enhancing context, that there are two main types of 'Section' under the Mental Health Act. A patient can be either voluntarily or involuntarily sectioned, in either a private hospital / clinic or in a NHS hospital / clinic.

The Priory and a number of other private facilities offer a 'luxury' service in their brochures, and offers a number of therapies. For the voluntary patient, it is a very different experience being there than being an involuntary patient in a NHS facility.

Let's just hope we won't ever have to see his smug face on our screens again.
Fair enough leave him be but don't parade your upstanding bullshit image to millions.

He needs to just go away and rebuild trust to his family.

I think there’s homophobia attached to this.
and I’m not surprised he’s been depressed for years of he’s had to live his life hiding his sexuality.
It’s easy for people to say he should have come out, he’s lied to his wife etc but it’s rarely as black and white as that. I understand he is religious. And he had his children. His career. It’s not as easy as people seem to think it is.

if these were women of 18/19/20 would anyone care? I doubt it. It’s made into a bigger ‘scandal’ because they were likely men.

That is what the mother alleged. Her child says it’s all “rubbish”.

They'll know what he has told them upon admission. They'll be using this period of time to assess for themselves.

To those who are saying Huw should have made the statement himself, have you ever been with someone in mental health crisis? Do you realise that, apart from anything else, he may be have treatments involving sedation?
Personally, whilst I feel sorry for his wife having to deal with this and finding out her DH is interested in young men, as others have said, the Sun have offered no real evidence and the police are not interested so I’m with those who are saying an outstanding career has been sacrificed on the altar of paper sales and probably money-grabbing by the young man’s mother.

No you need to go away and think about why this happened this weekend.. dead cat anyone ?

But since the police have confirmed that there's no illegality he wasnt paying 'children'. He may have been paying a consenting adult, but that is not illegal.

Totally agree- the homophobia around this and that was unleashed as people speculated on twitter etc as to who the person was has been absolutely sickening. No wonder with this vile homophobia rife in society that some men repress and deny their sexuality

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and you believe all of that because The (anti BBC Murdoch) Sun told you so. ?

Grow up and do a bit of research and realise what else has gone down this week that they want off the front page ..

This was my point! I find it really bizarre that statistically, so many high profile people happen to be closeted and attracted to underage people as well. (I'm absolutely NOT insinuating that being gay increases the chances of being attracted to minors which one crazy PP accused me of). You need to imagine this:

The chances of being a household name, nationwide-famous TV presenter is maybe 1 in 30 million.

The chances of being gay is 10%

The chances of being a hebophile (or whatever the term is for being attracted to teens) is possibly 10% (??)

The chances of being all 3 is so vanishingly tiny that it's absolutely insane how two cases have flown up within the same time period in history, with two people of similar ages.

Which leads to the suspicion that maybe some things are not as rare as people assume? Maybe far more men are closeted or attracted to minors or both, and they only lack the fame and power to act on those impulses?!

@User3253625 why are you assuming the young people are male?

There seems to be a lot more support for Hew than Phillip.

I said at the time that if Phillip was actually feeling suicidal he should be going into a mental health facility. As it felt like he was using the mental health card to get people to back off him.

Hew has actually gone into a facility.

However the age gap for me still doesn’t sit well. Although legal, it’s a large age gap that feels totally wrong, and I’d feel the same if this involved a young girl instead of a young man.

@User3253625

Ive had similar thoughts. God it’s grim.

She made a holding statement explaining why he hadn't made one yet and stating he'll address the issues when he's able.

If he could make his own holding statement saying he's currently unable to make a statement, then we'd be in a bit of a logical pickle, wouldn't we?

Hooking up with or having interaction with people on dating apps/sex apps isnt grooming

You might disapprove of it and want it not to happen, but there hasnt been anything so far setting out grooming.

It has been proposed that the first young person was paid money perhaps through one of these sex apps, that is not grooming either.

You are right. There are crisis/reputation management companies set up precisely for this purpose. They will have arrangements with places such as the Priory, and in other locations : Switzerland, Los Angeles, Arizona etc. It's a very lucrative business with many Celebrities, Politicians, VIPs etc. It's a whole other world that most people do not know about.

Most people with a brain can work out that was a faked photo

When did he enter the psychiatric facility?

I agree with this post mainly, although we don't know if she found out, she may have already known.