Scott Mills

[allaboutmoi]

My friends and I, now in our 40’s are only starting to question the men we dated when we were technically children. When I was 15 I met a 19 year old man who I dated for around 18 months. It never crossed my mind then, and for many years that this was inappropriate. We split amicably but I do not think of him fondly, it was actually gross.

This!!
my husband has said this for a while about me and guys before him. One in particular I was 14 he was 24 , we didn’t do anything other than kiss but he said it was wrong but kept doing it.
Once my kids turned into teens I thought of it very differently.
Most the me in my past were predatory whether that was me being too young or they were violent /over sexual men who thought the had a right to me and my body and I thought the same as that’s what thry made me believe
I am so sad for my younger self

 

[GingerJones50]

That's one.

Being sexually assaulted isn't something one generally lies about. If he's saying stuff like that I would wonder what actually happened to him. Savile's genuine victims - who were legion - had striking similarities in their statements. People weren't just believed without any evidence (by those who count, anyway).

He’s not quite all there. He’s a bit of a Walter Mitty character who tells people he knows famous people and has inside info on how world governments work. He’s the kind of person who would sit next to you at a bus stop and start telling you about a batty conspiracy theory. I think coming from Broughton too, because so many people really did remember Savile and had personal knowledge of him, he just wanted to be involved and be on the inside of it. He’s pretty harmless,

Everybody in Broughton knew Savile was a wrong ‘un in the 60s. But it was a working class area which was later cleared as a slum so he didn’t care if they knew because they had no power. He was living with a divorcee who had two children so God knows what he was doing to them. They’re still alive but didn’t make complaints although they were almost certainly victims. I think there are far more victims out there than the number who complained, but a lot of people just want to move on and forget it rather than having to relive it. I certainly feel that way about my own experience.

 

[GingerJones50]

I find the way this is being reported by the tabloids quite interesting when you compare it to some of the more recent similar scandals. There is already very few articles and they are quite far down the pages of the main papers, either very little is known, which is hard to believe in this day and age or the papers are too scared to print anything as there is no concrete evidence of wrong doing. Normally you would see a few articles insinuating things or skirting round the issue but doesn’t seem to be anything with this.

It’s quite crazy how quickly and brutally this has been dealt with compared to Huw and Schofield when the information about it all came thick and fast and the tabloids couldn’t get it out quick enough.

I suspect Mills has lawyers watching what’s said very closely.

 

[Marchioness Cha-Cha]

My friends and I, now in our 40’s are only starting to question the men we dated when we were technically children. When I was 15 I met a 19 year old man who I dated for around 18 months. It never crossed my mind then, and for many years that this was inappropriate. We split amicably but I do not think of him fondly, it was actually gross.

Yes. I'm sure my boyfriend at the time wouldn't have dated me if attitudes were as they are today.
But thinking of the (one or two) obviously wrong 'uns- I didn't even realise what they were doing was grooming/abuse/whatever until many years later so that's yet another reason why people don't come forward I suppose.
Oh this is making me sad now, is Last One Laughing on tonight? Need some light relief

 

[cazellie]

I did a Google image search and found another photo of this woman from last year with her whole wall covered in Scott Mills posters.

Until i checked back I assumed it was a man! The pendant is quite peculiar!

 

[GingerJones50]

Mate again, where are you getting this from? Are you just surmising?

I posted something earlier. The Mirror and other sources have reported that this involves a new and separate allegation from the same person.

A journalist Anna Bree approached them last year regarding Mills sending inappropriate and harassing messages to someone. The BBC have confirmed she contacted them and have apologised for not investigating her claims further at the time. Which suggests it relates to these allegations because otherwise, why would they be apologising for not investigating earlier?

So I am reading between the lines somewhat, but given it’s a new and separate allegation it does suggest there has been contact between him and Mills since the allegation and what was contained in that contact wasn’t very nice.

So I think saying he was sacked over the allegation 10 years ago is probably wide of the mark as the BBC confirmed they were fully aware of it and let him keep his job. Something new has happened involving the same person since then and that’s what he’s been sacked for.

 

[Yel]

Statement:

'The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me.

'An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges.

'Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

'I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.'

 

[Merpedy]

It will be interesting to see how his career holds up following this.

The Mirror must be sitting on something more but interesting he has made a statement, perhaps in preparation for whatever the Mirror has

 

[Limey]

VERY carefully worded statement from Scott Mills;

https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...s-statement-wake-sex-offence-allegations.html

 

[PeneLope111]

It’s such a strange one this - I love SM especially when he was on radio 1 with Chris stark in the afternoon. Proper daft nonsensical humour, right up my street. So this really came as a shock to me. SM and his husband Sam met in 2016, when this whole saga in his life first came around if I’m correct. They began dating in 2017. SM has openly said that Sam “wasn’t ready” when they first met - how would you be ready to be with someone with a SA allegation over their head?? Anyway something must have happened for Sam to finally say he was all in. From their story Sam seems pretty sensible and wouldn’t rush into a relationship. Maybe this was why he was reluctant??
Obviously pure speculation here from me SM has always said he was head over heels for Sam from the moment they met and Sam was less enthusiastic shall we say. Makes sense now however they still went on and married each other.
I’m reserving judgment entirely at this moment. A friend of mine is on the sex offenders register for life after having sex with a girl on a night out who turned out to be 15 years old when she said she was 18. She was in a bar so he had no reason to think differently (he was also 20 at the time). Fully ruined his life, he’s had to jump through every hoop to make something of his life although it’s always there hanging over him, a stupid mistake. But he’s branded as a sex offender for the rest of his life, luckily not as publicly as SM but from the little town we are from, mud defo sticks

 

[GingerJones50]

That's one.

Being sexually assaulted isn't something one generally lies about. If he's saying stuff like that I would wonder what actually happened to him. Savile's genuine victims - who were legion - had striking similarities in their statements. People weren't just believed without any evidence (by those who count, anyway).

That last bit of your post isn’t actually true. There were so many victims that the police eventually stopped investigating them and made a statement that they’d taken a decision to accept that every claim was true. Savile was definitely a prolific abuser and the overwhelming majority of claims about him were true. But the blanket acceptance meant that a handful of odd people who like to attach themselves to high profile things also had their claims investigated without investigation. The blanket acceptance was the right thing to do though. Investigating all the claims thoroughly would probably have retraumatised the genuine victims and Savile was dead so it couldn’t be prosecuted. I think having a few odd people tell tall tales on ‘This Morning’ and sell a few stories was a price worth paying.

 

[KatLit]

That statement is utter a covering rit!

 

[TruffleShuffles]

I suspect Mills has lawyers watching what’s said very closely.

Oh definitely, but usually with a story like this they have something that they can print or at least allude to. There just seems to be nothing with this.

 

[pixxyy]

That statement actually surprised me, I was expecting a line implying innocence
" someone I used to know" etc

 

[WhyYouCry?]

Statement:

'The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me.

'An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges.

'Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

'I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.'

I notice he didn’t say it was a false allegation.

 

[GingerJones50]

It’s such a strange one this - I love SM especially when he was on radio 1 with Chris stark in the afternoon. Proper daft nonsensical humour, right up my street. So this really came as a shock to me. SM and his husband Sam met in 2016, when this whole saga in his life first came around if I’m correct. They began dating in 2017. SM has openly said that Sam “wasn’t ready” when they first met - how would you be ready to be with someone with a SA allegation over their head?? Anyway something must have happened for Sam to finally say he was all in. From their story Sam seems pretty sensible and wouldn’t rush into a relationship. Maybe this was why he was reluctant??
Obviously pure speculation here from me SM has always said he was head over heels for Sam from the moment they met and Sam was less enthusiastic shall we say. Makes sense now however they still went on and married each other.
I’m reserving judgment entirely at this moment. A friend of mine is on the sex offenders register for life after having sex with a girl on a night out who turned out to be 15 years old when she said she was 18. She was in a bar so he had no reason to think differently (he was also 20 at the time). Fully ruined his life, he’s had to jump through every hoop to make something of his life although it’s always there hanging over him, a stupid mistake. But he’s branded as a sex offender for the rest of his life, luckily not as publicly as SM but from the little town we are from, mud defo sticks

No offence, but this is the classic excuse sex offenders use when they have to explain to someone why they are on the register. I bet if you looked into it, there is an awful lot more to it.

 

[PeneLope111]

No offence, but this is the classic excuse sex offenders use when they have to explain to someone why they are on the register. I bet if you looked into it, there is an awful lot more to it.

What excuse sorry??

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

Statement:

'The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me.

'An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges.

'Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

'I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.'

Bit of a pointless statement. He doesn't say much apart from thank people for support, of which he will have already done for most of them anyway.

 

[Merpedy]

I think he's trying to play on the "there wasn't enough evidence to take this to court"

I mean people are doing plenty to excuse his behaviour based on the most limited facts

 

[KatLit]

Bit of a pointless statement. He doesn't say much apart from thank people for support, of which he will have already done for most of them anyway.

He could have said he cooperated fully at the time, and denied any wrongdoing.
Instead, he said the evidential threshold had not been met. He did not say he was innocent of that which he had been accused.
interesting.