Scott Mills

[Merpedy]

It is really interesting if there have been some whispers between BBC colleagues though. I think someone raised that she isn't exactly a good journalist, but I also think you'd need to find a source credible to pursue a story

 

[Happy Alpaca]

I would guess that it was escalated but at some point someone decided that they didn’t need to escalate it further. So maybe it went to the Head of Radio 1 and they dealt with it and didn’t pass it on. It does say he didn’t know rather than didn’t know the details. Maybe because he wasn’t as high profile a decade ago they didn’t feel it was necessary.

With something as big as Winter Key, I don't think it looks good on the Director General that he didn't who was being interviewed. To me it sounds like someone was protecting SM, and maybe they no longer are willing to do so.

 

[Happy Alpaca]

Thanks I thought i'd read that but then started doubting myself

Here you go...

 

[carmencarmen]

No opinion on the sacking issue as we don't have much info.

I would like to point out that yes pretty much all of us have a story of snogging and or more with someone older, when out. That is hugely different to something that spans three years. So those who are forgiving that can get in the bin.

Did the “relationship” span three years or is the statement that the interaction took place at some point between 1997 and 2000?

Genuine question - I couldn’t make it out from the reports.

Similarly with the investigation starting in 2016 and being closed in 2019 - would it have been active that whole time or was it a case of, ‘we’re now closing it because nothing came of it in the last three years’ kind of thing?

 

[TwooTwooTwitTwitTwoo]

I'm uncomfortable with the fact that he hasn't stated it was a false allegation and agrees it was taken to CPS and the charge threshold wasn't met.....

That just means that CPS feel there isn't a realistic prospect of prosecution, not that it didn't happen.

I'm shocked he's not said it was a false allegation.

He's probably been advised not to comment on it.

I don't think we can read anything into the wording. Just my opinion but I think he had very little to do with drafting that response. He's probably not in any state to think clearly.

 

[Bread]

It is really interesting if there have been some whispers between BBC colleagues though. I think someone raised that she isn't exactly a good journalist, but I also think you'd need to find a source credible to pursue a story

I think the best way to find out about her is read her Twitter from a few years ago (if it is still up). She did work for the BBC at some point, and clearly has an axe to grind.

This is quite interesting. Did she stumble onto the story from this?

Breesily - The Eye Magazine

 

[Captainmouse]

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

Also you may find others have reported.

 

[LByrne74]

See ive got a feeling there aren't any more details to come out. The tabloids usually sit on the information and drip feed it bit by bit, getting bigger every day until the big story comes out. As a previous poster said, this has gone unusually quiet pretty fast. Nothing like with Schofe or Huw. Makes me think there really isnt anything to tell other than the slightly confusing details we already know.

I saw some media talking head speculate that there may be some big expose coming out this weekend, but I guess time will tell.

As for Scott Mills statement, I would have expected some kind of reference to exploring options with legal team about his sacking, or denial. Not very well put together or reassuring. Made me wonder if he's been advised that he has no legal recourse. Or perhaps he will be trying to fight back legally but has chosen not to disclose that at this point. The statement just had a very "resigned to the situation" feel to it.

 

[Yel]

Scotts statement seems like it was just put out to say something, but that he's not going to say anything other than thanks because he doesn't know what else is coming.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

He's probably been advised not to comment on it.

I don't think we can read anything into the wording. Just my opinion but I think he had very little to do with drafting that response. He's probably not in any state to think clearly.

I'd be amazed if he had anything beyond minimal input into that statement.

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

Verifying Device

The BBC thought so little of the investigation that they moved him from one station to another and then eventually to their prizes breakfast show which gets more listeners than any other radio show in Europe.

 

[AlexTwist]

I understand the need for victims to be believed but also I bet there are plenty of people in the public eye who get all sorts of false allegations made against them. It isn't black and white, and someone cannot just be cancelled off the back of an allegation alone.

 

[L3moning]

I bet there are plenty of people in the public eye who get all sorts of false allegations made against them.

And I guarantee we don't hear about any of them precisely because people look at them and go "this is obvious balls".

 

[WhyYouCry?]

BBC sacked Scott Mills after learning alleged victim in police investigation was under 16

It comes as Mills released a statement saying he had "fully cooperated and responded" with the police investigation in 2018.

www.bbc.co.uk

BBC now saying they’ve only just become aware that the alleged victim was under 16, and that’s why he was sacked.

 

[AlexTwist]

And I guarantee we don't hear about any of them precisely because people look at them and go "this is obvious balls".

But there has to be somewhere in between surely?

 

[carmencarmen]

BBC sacked Scott Mills after learning alleged victim in police investigation was under 16

It comes as Mills released a statement saying he had "fully cooperated and responded" with the police investigation in 2018.

www.bbc.co.uk

BBC now saying they’ve only just become aware that the alleged victim was under 16, and that’s why he was sacked.

This seems so bizarre. How on earth would they not know the age from the beginning?

The article says it’s not clear if the BBC managers in 2017 knew the age so maybe the current managers didn’t, but how is that something that slips through the net?

 

[Eureka]

Verifying Device

The BBC thought so little of the investigation that they moved him from one station to another and then eventually to their prizes breakfast show which gets more listeners than any other radio show in Europe.

I think that speaks more to the BBC's woeful attitude to the behaviour of the talent than the veracity of the claim.

 

[Bread]

I understand the need for victims to be believed but also I bet there are plenty of people in the public eye who get all sorts of false allegations made against them. It isn't black and white, and someone cannot just be cancelled off the back of an allegation alone.

No, I don't think they can be.

Do you have any instances of this happening?

 

[Por Que?]

This seems so bizarre. How on earth would they not know the age from the beginning?

The article says it’s not clear if the BBC managers in 2017 knew the age so maybe the current managers didn’t, but how is that something that slips through the net?

It doesn’t, it gets wilfully buried alongside the rest of the poor behaviour the BBC turned a blind eye to.

I’d have thought the BBC would’ve been trudging through the HR/complaints archives of their current stars so they could instigate a friendly exit for any known wrong-uns after the heat from Huw but obviously not

 

[HotesTilaire]

He's probably been advised not to comment on it.

I don't think we can read anything into the wording. Just my opinion but I think he had very little to do with drafting that response. He's probably not in any state to think clearly.

PR would never confirm nor deny anything. “Reading between the lines” is just a fancy way of projecting your own opinion on to something.