Senior British politicians are calling on the BBC to rapidly investigate claims that a presenter paid a teenager for explicit photos.
Mike Kemp via Getty Imagessaid Sunday that it has suspended a leading presenter who is alleged to have paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos.
Though the age of sexual consent in Britain is 16, it’s a crime to make or possess indecent images of anyone under 18. “This is a complex and fast-moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps,” the BBC said.Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer held crisis talks with the broadcaster’s director-general about what she called “deeply concerning” allegations. She said Director General Tim Davie had assured her the BBC was “investigating swiftly and sensitively.
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