Scott Mills

[GingerJones50]

Where have you got this from? This is not what the BBC’s statement said.

Here’s the report in the Mirror saying the new allegations involve the same person.

BBC forced to sack Scott Mills after compelling new information emerges

BBC bosses were forced to act after receiving new evidence by the person at the centre of a previous 2016 police investigation, the Mirror can reveal

www.mirror.co.uk

Regarding the journalist approaching them, the BBC has apologised for not investigating her claims about Mills sending harassing and inappropriate communications at the time, that’s been widely reported and you can easily google it.

 

[Tofino]

Based on that bit, whatever he said when they spoke to him was enough for them to part ways with him.

I think this is just them showing they followed a fair process and that they didn’t just terminate his contract without speaking to him first. Depending on what the new information is, there might not have been anything he could say that would have changed the outcome, but they still needed to be fair and discuss it with him.

 

[DwightSchrute123]

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I’ve just had a nosey her whole profile is dedicated to Scott

 

[Skippy81]

All I can glean from the minimal information we have is that;
He's not been arrested for anything
He was interviewed under caution
Not enough evidence to bring any charges
He was sacked following new information that has recently been given to the BBC that does not fit with their current 'culture'

But, what we don't know is what the new evidence is and when that took place AND that this new evidence is not of anything criminal as surely the BBC would have said in their statement that they would be passing the information over to the police.

So at this moment in time he has not done anything criminally wrong.

If the mirror has a story why don't they just run with it or is it that they can't these days as there's not enough evidence but then can leak bits like Scott being interviewed & what for?

 

[VeniVidiVicki]

There’s a reason the Challenge 25 campaign is set at 25 when the legal age is 18. Adults having sex with people who look young (especially when the law said 18 at the time) should apply the same principle.

ETA I‘ve been grape. There was zero evidence I could provide so I didn’t bother reporting it. What would have been the point? I thought I’d forgotten about until I was on a video call for work years later and a woman joined the called who had a very very similar name to my rapist. I had to leave the meeting.

 

[Tofino]

Here’s the report in the Mirror saying the new allegations involve the same person.

BBC forced to sack Scott Mills after compelling new information emerges

BBC bosses were forced to act after receiving new evidence by the person at the centre of a previous 2016 police investigation, the Mirror can reveal

www.mirror.co.uk

Regarding the journalist approaching them, the BBC has apologised for not investigating her claims about Mills sending harassing and inappropriate communications at the time, that’s been widely reported and you can easily google it.

New information that is different to the claims in the police investigation, is not the same as “a fresh set of allegations about something totally separate”, which is what your earlier post said.

 

[Yel]

at the height of the Jimmy Savile thing, there were some people saying he’d done things to them who just seemed to want to go on ‘This Morning’ to talk about and get a night in a hotel and a day out in London for free. All the allegations were accepted without question so anybody could say ‘Jimmy Savile did something to me’ and then do the rounds of TV shows and sell stories to papers.

That kind of thing is happening with influencers and tattle often.

Obviously it's different to SA. But an influencer with a small thread on tattle and 20k followers tells this morning that tattlers leaked her NHS records, posted her address and were stalking her outside her home. This morning or Lorraine invite them on and don't ask for any evidence that it ever happened. There is no evidence because it didn't happen. Just some fame chasing weirdos wanting attention. ITV are awful for it.

 

[Bread]

There’s a reason the Challenge 25 campaign is set at 25 when the legal age is 18. Adults having sex with people who look young (especially when the law said 18 at the time) should apply the same principle.

ETA I‘ve been grape. There was zero evidence I could provide so I didn’t bother reporting it. What would have been the point? I thought I’d forgotten about until I was on a video call for work years later and a woman joined the called who had a very very similar name to my rapist. I had to leave the meeting.

Just to say there is every point in reporting it if you want to. Just to talk about it if nothing else.

It's never too late. You'll be listened to and believed x

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

I’ve just had a nosey her whole profile is dedicated to Scott

Go invite her to Tattle so she can post in this thread.

 

[Marchioness Cha-Cha]

I'm new to tattle and have been reading this thread with interest, despite not knowing who Scott Mills is.
It's fascinating reading the different ideas, thanks everyone, and it's really made me look at my own values. In fact I recently had a disagreement with my son who said it was disgusting that I went out with a 21 year old when I was 15. I'd never approve of my child doing that, of course.

It's hard to get my head around that because we dated for years and to be honest he was probably the best boyfriend I ever had (and I'm mid-50's now!). But I've recently started to think of other situations I had as a teen and realise that I was badly taken advantage of. So I know it isn't an excuse, but for me it 'was' different back then.
It's actually great to see that attitudes are changing.

Sorry for the gobbledegook, I'm surprised how much emotion this thread has brought up in me.

No idea what SM has done, but it ain't good. Hope justice is served and the victim is well-supported.

 

[GingerJones50]

Honestly, it worries me how many people believe this kind of thing.

No, I know at least one wasn’t true. There was a guy who said he touched him up at his disco in Higher Broughton. My Mum comes from there and she went to the disco, she knows this man and his family and he was a baby when that disco closed down! Unless he was up there doing the twist in his nappies it isn’t true!

 

[GingerJones50]

I think this is just them showing they followed a fair process and that they didn’t just terminate his contract without speaking to him first. Depending on what the new information is, there might not have been anything he could say that would have changed the outcome, but they still needed to be fair and discuss it with him.

TBF, if he was communicating with the person who accused him and the messages were unpleasant, even if the alleged victim started the communication, he shouldn’t have responded and should have known better. He should have passed any messages to the police and made his own complaint instead of responding.

 

[Shesaidwhat?]

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If Scott ever sees this he’ll probably feel a bit relieved he’s been sacked.

 

[Bread]

No, I know at least one wasn’t true. There was a guy who said he touched him up at his disco in Higher Broughton. My Mum comes from there and she went to the disco, she knows this man and his family and he was a baby when that disco closed down! Unless he was up there doing the twist in his nappies it isn’t true!

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).

 

[MarshMallowMonster]

JS was a piece of tit predatory paedophile. Good riddance to him. He was evil. I know someone who met him, his behavior was tolerated particularly in those Carry-On days. Later on he was just perceived as ‘eccentric’.

There are plenty of CSA survivors, some of us have a strong radar, we are on high alert, albeit sadly cuz of those crappy life experiences.

There is more to the SM story and I hope if there is a victim that he is being heard and believed, no matter how popular and famous SM is.

We live in a different time now, life events can fortunately trigger victim bravery. Voices can be heard.

Epstein, Weinstein, Jimmy Saville, Huw, Schofe, etc can’t hide forever.

 

[Bread]

TBF, if he was communicating with the person who accused him and the messages were unpleasant, even if the alleged victim started the communication, he shouldn’t have responded and should have known better. He should have passed any messages to the police and made his own complaint instead of responding.

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

 

[JoaniesFan]

Parasocial insanity.

I remember people similar back in the day like this who went to Radio One roadshows decked out in suits of white emblazoned with the radio 1 logo, hats, sunglasses-the works. Well, I think I did although could have been a alcohol generated fever dream…

 

[JoaniesFan]

I’ve just had a nosey her whole profile is dedicated to Scott

So not an April fools then? Shades of the Alan Partridge superfan -holy smokes

 

[Cappuccino be nice]

I'm new to tattle and have been reading this thread with interest, despite not knowing who Scott Mills is.
It's fascinating reading the different ideas, thanks everyone, and it's really made me look at my own values. In fact I recently had a disagreement with my son who said it was disgusting that I went out with a 21 year old when I was 15. I'd never approve of my child doing that, of course.

It's hard to get my head around that because we dated for years and to be honest he was probably the best boyfriend I ever had (and I'm mid-50's now!). But I've recently started to think of other situations I had as a teen and realise that I was badly taken advantage of. So I know it isn't an excuse, but for me it 'was' different back then.
It's actually great to see that attitudes are changing.

Sorry for the gobbledegook, I'm surprised how much emotion this thread has brought up in me.

No idea what SM has done, but it ain't good. Hope justice is served and the victim is well-supported.

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.

 

[TruffleShuffles]

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.