What we know:
Well loved
Has been suspended
Is paid £35,000
Male
Surely we can figure it out?
EDIT:
The allegations, first reported by the Sun on Friday, are that the BBC presenter paid £35,000 for explicit photos over a three-year period, starting when the teenager was 17
Sorry, misunderstood this part. Maybe we cannot figure it out
It’s kind of why it’s the perfect stick to beat them with - they can’t win. The Sun newsroom must be really quite pleased with itself, which is never a good sign.
We’ll have to wait and see what comes out of this - serious questions need to be asked if the family didn’t give the BBC evidence at the time (of something that could be a child sex offence) but waited months and told The Sun (although they say they haven’t received payment). Something isn’t quite right with the stories emerging but it will take a while for the truth to shake out.
a judge put an injunction on the story weeks ago, so nobody can actually report on the story without risking a) pissing off a judge and b) prejudicing any court case. Two related but different things!