Gary Lineker, the BBC’s highest-paid presenter, has become the latest man to distance themselves from a trending story about a BBC star paying a teen for sexual images.
“Hate to disappoint the haters but it’s not me,” he tweeted. Nicky Campbell, a highly-respected radio presenter, also distanced himself from the story.
Meanwhile, BBC stars Jeremy Vine and Rylan Clark have also been compelled to reject that they are the high-profile presenters accused for paying a teen for sexual pictures.
After The Sun reported that an unidentified male star had given a teen more than £35,000 ($45,000) in exchange for explicit photographs, Twitter users have been wildly speculating about the person’s identity.
At one point, Clark was also accused, and Vine’s name was all over the UK. On Saturday afternoon, the hosts of Radio 2 dismissed the allegations in separate tweets.
“Not sure why my names floating about but re that story in the sun- that ain’t me babe. I’m Currently filming a show in Italy for the bbc, so take my name out ya mouths,” Clark posted on Twitter.
Not sure why my names floating about but re that story in the sun- that ain’t me babe. I’m Currently filming a show in Italy for the bbc, so take my name out ya mouths”
Vine added:
“Just to say I’m very much looking forward to hosting my radio show on Monday — whoever the “BBC Presenter” in the news is, I have the same message for you as Rylan did earlier: it certainly ain’t me.”
“Just to say I’m very much looking forward to hosting my radio show on Monday — whoever the “BBC Presenter” in the news is, I have the same message for you as Rylan did earlier: it certainly ain’t me”.
Meanwhile, the BBC said, it would take the allegations “very seriously.”
On the other hand, on May 19, the teenager’s mother filed a complaint with the BBC, but the alleged presenter was on air.
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Mark Williams-Thomas, a journalist who helped bring Jimmy Savile’s atrocities to light, claimed to be familiar with the situation. He said that the way the BBC dealt with the complaint was “shocking and very disappointing.”
The Sun announced that the trades began in 2020 when the teen was 17 years old. The mother claimed that her child had used the money to fund their crack cocaine habit. “I blame this BBC man for destroying my child’s life,” she was quoted as saying.
The BBC said: “We treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them.
“As part of that, if we receive information that requires further investigation or examination we will take steps to do this. That includes actively attempting to speak to those who have contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation.
“If we get no reply to our attempts or receive no further contact that can limit our ability to progress things but it does not mean our enquiries stop. If, at any point, new information comes to light or is provided – including via newspapers – this will be acted upon appropriately, in line with internal processes.”
