Scott Mills Sacked Thread 2

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Are you like this at home Kate?

We don’t know that - it might not take long for an HR team to establish basic facts that make it probable that a sexual relationship with an under 16 year old at the time occurred.

Also it doesn’t matter if there was no conviction, he can still be sacked, although it is weird the BBC didn’t know the age of the other person at the time and decide to do it then. That’s why I suspect that this person decided to go to the press and that that was the trigger. Why would they not know the details of the case? Doesn’t make sense.

Doesn’t even need to have been sexual. Could simply be inappropriate in the eyes of the BBC.

I don’t understand everyone trying to defend SM.

He hasn’t even denied it himself, which is so telling. He’s just confirmed that CPS determined that the evidence didn’t meet the threshold for a charge.

So clearly there is evidence of impropriety which would be plenty for the BBC to sack him in line with their code of conduct.

I’m not trying to defend SM. I’m just looking at it from his POV.

He's one of the two people who know exactly what happened.
Yet he hasn't denied it.

I think his point of view currently is panic that everything will come out.

I think it’s telling that SM’s statement did not address the two BBC statements on the matter. In particular the “new information” that was given to them.

Bigger story to be released tomorrow by the Mirror, perhaps?

I’m not saying SM is innocent, he may not be. But we can’t just go around saying everyone is guilty of whatever they’re accused of if there isn’t enough evidence to bring a case to court. Anyone could make up anything, we can’t just go around believing what’s being said. That’s why we have the police, CPS and our judicial system. We are not the judge or jury. And it’s for the courts to decide if a crime has been committed. I think SM not speaking out is probably on advice of his legal team. I don’t think it means he’s necessarily guilty. I read something earlier saying that Jeremy Vibe had turned on the BBC saying the sacking wasn’t right. I didn’t hear this myself though.

But we're not just going around saying whatever we like.
SM has not been sacked for nothing or for rumours.

Amd his statement could easily have said something like "the claims were false", rather than saying that there was insufficient evidence to bring it to court.

His silence is very telling. People keep on saying no one else has come forward with stories but it may be only a matter of time.

He’s likely got a lawyer.. his response displayed that

Will Scott be able to work in other radio? What are the chances of him popping up on GHR in a few months time?

I think we can say with 100% certainty he has got a lawyer on this, yes 😂

it is also relevant that there are different thresholds in employment law and criminal law.

In employment law, an employer only has to believe something happened on the balance of probability, whereas in a criminal case an allegation has to be proven beyond reasonable doubt.

Very small, I should think.

Employment law doesn't apply to those who are contractors and not employees.

The BBC has said that it terminated SM's contract, so he was a contractor.

Employees also have an employment contract that can be terminated

(I don’t know if he was a contractor or not but I’m not sure that phrase is conclusive either way)

That’s probably the only thing we know for absolute certain!!!

Like what? Someone who dislikes homophobia and thinks the BBC is in general a very good thing? Yep. You got me.

Why does the BBC seem to employ so many perverted men?

Because they employ a lot of men.

1. They pay a few men a crapload of money to keep them
2. The men think they are untouchable and behave accordingly
3. The BBC (until recently) does bugger all about it for fear of losing the big names

See also - ITV.

https://www.stevenmather.co.uk/litigation-solicitor-blog/39853/scott-mills-the-bbc-and-what-employers-should-actually-think-about-when-employee-misconduct-allegations-arise/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAEe3RGjo2UAMsykXhWZH5MQ63QMTt8swDEtX7m4pqBOtxTowU7St3xqRdyMmy0_aem_PDEI7TN0u4zP_ZqjwzmVUQ&amp