BBC Presenter Scandal #3

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Has the kid been paid off? I smell some bs. So we are to believe the sun printed with no proof whatsoever apart from the word of a lunatic woman? Gov minister called in, police called in with no proof or a dodgy fake bank statement? BS
 
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It’s the silence for me.. surely if HE was innocent and it’s all ‘rubbish’ he would of made a statement through lawyers? All his co-workers are getting branded all kinds of names and accused and he stays quiet?
in this situation those who want to be witchy about celebrities will find silence suspicious, equally, if he made a statement, they would see this as a cover up. (Those who denied involvement early on were accused of lying to save their a.)

Phoning the young person twice and asking him to tell his mum to drop it doesn’t look good.
We only have a statement from the parent that this happened. It seems the child of the said parent is discrediting the parent’s claims, so we have no idea if these calls actually ever took place if we are to believe the child.

If the BBC handled this properly in May when it was first reported then maybe it wouldn’t of been made so public.
Obv they haven’t learned anything after Saville and I wouldn’t put it past them to cover other stuff up.
You have no way of knowing if the BBC handled this correctly or not. The BBC have have said they started an investigation back in May. If, as the child is saying, there is nothing untoward going on, then the BBC had nothing to address.

We are in a he said/she said scenario here and everyone is choosing to believe what they want to believe based on here say with no solid evidence.
 
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I think the Mum was just trying her best to stop the money & by saying '17' to The Sun it made the story get reported. The young man could still be telling the truth & it not be from a payoff etc

I'm still really disturbed by the 2 members who seem determined to find HE innocent, and keep victim blaming the lad, his parents etc
It’s not really a case of victim blaming the lad because the lad has come out and said he isn’t a victim. The bigger question now is the parents motive.
 
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My thoughts were similar
Young person gets into online thing with presenter
Young person decides to bribe presenter
£35k and 3 years later Young persons mother steps in and alerts the rum about the money
Young person realises if this all comes out they will be in trouble for bribery and tries to quell the rumours
This is what I would bet on. It suits both parties to just say move along, nothing more to see.

At the end of the day, this guy is 20 and if he doesn’t want to cooperate or press charges, he doesn’t have to.

Interesting that the guys lawyer sent the letter saying it was crap on the Friday but they still ran the story.
 
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Look at what the sun did with Hillsborough. They have always been a disgusting publication. Nothing much has changed from them over the years (unless your name is swanky price and then you get a free pass for life!)

Its all turned very odd and weird for me. I just dont know what is going on.
 
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Has the kid been paid off? I smell some bs. So we are to believe the sun printed with no proof whatsoever apart from the word of a lunatic woman? Gov minister called in, police called in with no proof or a dodgy fake bank statement? BS
I think all of that happened just no pics sent when he was 17
 
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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?

Many on here listen out for gossip and other information as a way of getting to know the truth of things. Not to condemn a man who has done nothing wrong and on whom everyone can project their worst fears and imaginings and cosy, bourgeois values.
 
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BBC person in focus has a family and has previously been open about their mental health … can’t imagine what they and their family must be going through right now if indeed nothing illegal has taken place

saw another person of internet interest has gone to the police about malicious assertions … this scenario is going to be a libel lawyers wet dream
 
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It’s up to the Sun to show any evidence to support their story if not it will only confirm to some people it cannot be described as a newspaper.

GB news usually do the next day paper front pages I think around 10.30 not sure but will be interesting to see what the headlines are.
Yeah, the front pages are usually revealed between 10 and 10:30, although it sometimes depends, and sometimes some papers don't. It's not unheard of for some papers' "first edition" to be a dummy front page to hide what they're actual headline is.
 
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It’s not really a case of victim blaming the lad because the lad has come out and said he isn’t a victim. The bigger question now is the parents motive.
the posts were before that came out, so were victim blaming
 
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Giving money to an over 18 year old in return for pictures would not be unlawful, and you could argue is also not inappropriate.
Indeed, and this statement doesn’t mean that no pictures or money were exchanged when the kid was 17. For example, it could just mean that the presenter and his lawyers believe that he has a solid defence to any criminal charges that are laid in that respect.
 
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Only the parents have said that.
Exactly! When I was a young un as far as my parents were concerned drugs are drugs, no distinction between pot and smack, anyone using drugs was a muggy. There is a difference between recreational drug use and addiction. We simply dont know the details of this lads situation and nor should we! Mam should have kept her trap shut and not gone near a tabloid with her 'childs' private business.
How much is crack these days? If he is coining large cash 'donations' in from various sources no reason he can't afford drugs and lawyers.
 
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