Jeremy Vine has urged the anonymous BBC presenter to “come forward openly,” saying that the network is “on its knees.”
The TV personality emphasised that it is ‘his decision and his alone,’ but said that the fresh charges that surfaced today (Tuesday, July 11) will focus more attention on his ‘innocent’ colleagues.
‘I’m starting to think the BBC Presenter implicated in the issue should now come up publicly,’ the 58-year-old stated on Twitter.
‘These additional claims will result in even more venom being directed upon his totally innocent coworkers. And the BBC, which I’m sure he adores, is on its knees as a result of this.’
‘But it is his decision, and his alone,’ he added.
According to reports, a second young person reported to the BBC that they got ‘threatening texts’ from the anonymous broadcaster after chatting on a dating app.
According to reports, when they first linked on the app, the well-known guy kept his name hidden until exposing who he was.
The suspended male presenter was recently accused of paying a separate young individual more than £35,000 for sexually explicit pictures when they were 17 years old.
The lawyer for the young man, who is now 20, called the allegations “rubbish.”
The individual’s parents, on the other hand, said that they stood by their charges, which were reported in The Sun.
Several BBC stars have felt compelled to remind the audience that they are not the anonymous individual at the focus of the claims.
On Saturday July 8, Vine tweeted that ‘whoever the “BBC Presenter” in the news is’, it ‘certainly’ wasn’t him.
‘This is clearly a complex and difficult situation where we need to manage a number of factors – properly responding to serious allegations, sensitively managing duty of care issues, appropriately respecting the privacy of individuals, and justified public interest,’ BBC director-general Tim Davie said at the corporation’s annual report press briefing on Tuesday.
‘We do believe we are navigating these responsibly and judicially but we recognise it’s not easy to do so.
‘As you know, the BBC Corporate Investigations Team had a meeting with the police in relation to the information provided to the BBC by the Sun newspaper on Thursday July 6.
‘As a result of this the BBC has been asked to pause its own investigation into the allegations while they scope future work. We will pass any material that we have to them.’
Source My Celebrity Life.
