BBC Presenter Scandal #3

[SaLou]

Think it's safe to say Huw definitely won't be presenting the news tonight

 

[LadyWeatherwax]

"The BBC admitted it had not spoken to the young person itself, and does not even know who they are".

Sorry, I'm DEAD.

That quote is from The Sun article - they're claiming the Mum called the BBC and demanded they stop "Person X" making payments to her child but she didn't actually mention who her child was? It's being claimed that a dossier of evidence has been handed to the BBC but nothing that includes the identity of the person who is the victim? So they're supposed to just suspend then discipline a leading member of their staff based on a single phone call, with no identifying information or being given the opportunity to speak to the person themselves?

Sorry, but declining to give that information makes me very suspicious of the parents motives now. It reeks of "you don't need to speak to them, I'm telling you what happened".

More gender neutral language in the quote, btw.

 

[DM Me Hun]

I have no f*cking clue what’s going on at this point. I’m delirious. At one point Fireman Sam was the perp. Starting to feel like the past 3 days weren’t even real

 

[suseh97]

Post leveson even if they have the photos of individual in his pants on the sofa (of which I’m a bit doubtful) is this public interest?

I’ve being reading about how low on funds the Murdoch press are after the Fox News payout and the talk tv bailout. Would they risk it all on this? I’m not sure. The government want bbc fee gone and will push for an expose, but I think they might hold off.

Today was the day Boris had till 4pm to hand over his phone. That story has been completely buried by the bbc presenter story. A cynic might think think this story was a distraction. Oh and colour me surprised Boris didn’t hand over the phone.

 

[duggee_hug]

What has bothered me about this situation is that these older, adult celebrities are sexually exploring with barely legal teenagers and getting away with it because they’ve just turned of a legal age. It’s like they’re picking them fresh off the shelf, they don’t want to pull a Saville if they get caught so they get right close to what is deemed as legal in the hopes they’ll get away with it. To quote what Scofe said not too long ago, it was ‘unwise but not illegal’ - it was just barely legal! And actually there are still questions around that ‘legal’ aspect, that have gone unanswered! But this seems to be what we are seeing now, and this is what is upsetting the public. They’re being clever with their sleezy, almost-predatory ways.

 

[Geetbo]

Can’t wait to see what bastions of journalistic integrity GB News have to say tonight.

 

[Emlo]

Not necessarily a pay off. Young people can consent to selling sexual services and live comfortably with their decision.

My feeling is mutually consensual relationship with financial element whether sugar daddy/ OF/ findom or subsequent blackmail (fuelled by potential desperation and drug habit).

Either way the accused has betrayed his family and like PS will never work in the public eye again.

 

[stardust21]

So HE may well be back on at 10
All joking aside it seems like the young male is back tracking, maybe because he could end up in trouble, the poor mother must be climbing the walls.

I no longer think poor mother. I think this is pretty sick to go against your child like this, even if it’s 100% true. In fact, especially if it’s true… you e got a child who has drug problems and so potentially MH problems and you pull this shit? I would never ever speak to her ever again. She’d be dead to me. The person is 20 and entitled to make their own decisions, even if the mother doesn’t agree.

The young person has been very badly used, especially by the Sun who ignored their statement on Friday saying it’s not true.

 

[DM Me Hun]

There’s never any normal, boring news any more is there?? It’s always horrific or absolute chaos

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Are you Welsh? I just wonder why you have gone in hard on Schofield but are willing so quickly to believe HE is not guilty? If you are Welsh is it because he is hero to Wales? I don’t get the distinction between him and Schofield. If he is guilty, different cheeks of the same arse. There is not a hope in hell that the lad has the funds for expensive lawyers, he’s an addict spending his dosh on crack according to his parents, how has he got the funds for legals. I still believe he is has been approaching young men online, fishing like Schofield, until he got a catch.

What has being Welsh got to do with it? He isn’t a hero to Wales that I’m aware of. He’s not even my favourite newsreader (that would be Clive) At the moment we don’t have any real evidence to support him having done anything wrong. He may have done. Time will tell. The Sun shouldn’t have run the story without checking the facts first. They have a long history of being total cunts. There is also a ton of evidence about Schofield. We’ve known about him on here for three years. Before any of this I’d never heard anything negative about HE.

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

Oh….ok. Wtf.

The crack addict is annoyed his mam has put abrupt end to his gravy train. I don't believe a word his lawyer has said and I wonder who paid for his lawyer to say that...

 

[peachypoo]

The Sun standing by their story! They say they’ve seen evidence that supports the claim. Wow. Not backing down. The lady on the BBC just read this out.

 

[VielleFemme]

He's got £35k in his back pocket!

He's on crack, he's got 35p and a lighter in his back pocket.

 

[Pinotsgoats]

I for one believe them. I don’t see any reason they would put themselves through all this especially with someone so high profile which could land them in hot water if they’ve lied.

But parents do get things wrong, they can do things that aren't in their children's best interests, and they can be manipulated. Why are you so invested that they are the innocent party? They've obliterated the trust that their child had in them (if they had it to start with). They went to the Sun, and that I cannot understand. Go to the police if you're that concerned, not the Sun, with the best will in the world why on earth would you think that splashing the most intimate details of your child's life on the front page of the tabloids would help anything?

Did you believe Karen Matthews? A lot of the women discussed on tattle are mothers - would you believe that everything Katie Price did was in her children's best interests? Jack Monroe?

 

[Foxyrin]

If this is HE at 10pm....

 

[ABiggerBoat]

Three and a half days of my life on this and all we get is… nothing to see here.

I sighed with Fiona.

 

[moldwarp]

This doesn’t reflect well on us.

Girrrrrllll we’re a gossip site not the Vatican Council

If you wanna harshly judge other users and demonstrate your moral superiority then Mumsnet is thataway

Although….WAIT! I heard the Presenter hired a super expensive internet manipulation agency to cleanse social media. Are you part of them? If so, are you being paid £35k per hour?

 

[Geetbo]

That Sun article also says their initial article was "based on interviews and sworn statements from their worried parents".

Making me wonder if they've seen any actual evidence or if it is just one person's word against another at this point.

That very much reads like they’re absolutely shitting themselves.

 

[gigi_93]

Grim. I remember meeting a lot of men with that same attitude when I was very young myself.

Now my daughter's nearly that age, I see quite how disgusting it is.

My step son is 17 and although I do see him slowly maturing mentally, he is definitely still very young and naive. I cannot imagine anyone thinking 17 is not very young! Christ

 

[DesperatelySeekingSnoozes]

The News at 10 to open with HE back behind the desk, ruffling papers:

“An anonymous BBC presenter at the heart of The Sun newspaper’s allegations, has been reinstated following the revocation of their suspension, due to lack of evidence”

*Harry Hill style wink to camera*