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BBC Presenter Row: 'Inappropriate, Threatening Messages' - All The Allegations Made Against TV Star So Far

The London Police said that there's no evidence that the바카라 웹사이트BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos committed a crime. A바카라 웹사이트lawyer representing the young person in question, told the BBC earlier this week that nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place on part of the BBC personality. However, BBC said it would continue its investigation into the matter.

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A BBC News Presenter바카라 웹사이트Huw Edwards who is allegedly바카라 웹사이트accused of paying for sexually explicit photos faces four allegations against him.바카라 웹사이트Edwards presented the BBC's flagship programme "News at 10" and was the fourth-highest-paid presenter, earning £435,000 a year.

The now suspended BBC presenter allegedly sent바카라 웹사이트"inappropriate messages" to colleagues on social media,바카라 웹사이트according to BBC Newsnight.바카라 웹사이트The former employee said they had never met the presenter but received messages from him on social media, “some late at night and signed off with kisses”, which they said they believed was an “abuse of power”.

Allegations against BBC News Presenter바카라 웹사이트

The first few allegations that were reported, accused an unnamed news presenter바카라 웹사이트of바카라 웹사이트paying a 17 year-old바카라 웹사이트around £35,000 for sexually explicit images. The BBC star allegedly appeared in his underwear in a video call. The Sun reported that the바카라 웹사이트male presenter called the young person twice after the allegations바카라 웹사이트became public and바카라 웹사이트reportedly told them in panic “what have you done” and demanded that their mother stop the investigation.바카라 웹사이트

Another person in their early 20s – who BBC said is not connected to the person in the first report by바카라 웹사이트The Sun바카라 웹사이트– allegedly received threatening messages from the presenter, after they met on a dating app. The BBC says it has seen the "threatening messages"바카라 웹사이트and confirmed that it came from a phone number belonging to the unnamed man.

In another set of allegations, a 17-year-old claimed they were following the star on Instagram when he messaged them, using love hearts and kisses, reported바카라 웹사이트The Sun바카라 웹사이트on Tuesday.

Separately, a 23-year-old person has claimed the BBC presenter broke lockdown rules to meet them during the pandemic in February 2021, according to바카라 웹사이트The Sun바카라 웹사이트on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the London Police said that there's no evidence that the바카라 웹사이트BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos committed a crime. The parents of the teenager reportedly told The Sun newspaper last week that the presenter had been allowed to remain on air after the mother complained to the BBC in May that he paid the youth 35,000 pounds ($45,000) starting in 2020 when the person was 17.바카라 웹사이트The BBC confirmed in a statement that it had "first became aware of a complaint in May".

However, a바카라 웹사이트lawyer representing the young person in question, who was not named, told the BBC earlier this week that “nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the BBC personality.” The lawyer said the allegations reported in The Sun were “rubbish,” AP reported.바카라 웹사이트The BBC said it would continue its investigation into the matter.

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