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

  • @jocanib
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    231 year ago

    Please don’t speculate on names. Apart from the legal risks to the poster of the name, and possibly the platform/mods, it’s not right to cast aspersions without evidence on something this serious.

    Names that are clearly in the clear are all good, of course. As is solid evidence, which will likely come soon enough.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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      41 year ago

      which will likely come soon enough.

      Yeah all the top paid presenters are scrambling to say it wasn’t them, I imagine their agents are sticking a rocket up the BBC for having to do this when this could, apparently, been dealt with months ago. So the Been will need to resolve this quickly just to limit the damage.

      • @zebs
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        41 year ago

        What can the BBC reasonably do though?

        It sounds like (from the BBC press release) that they made contact with the family involved but received no reply. So it would seem that no evidence has been passed to the BBC.

        Without any evidence naming the presenter would likely be devistating to their career, rightly so if actually guilty. But if innocent their career will forever be dogged by the false accusations.

      • Christopher
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        11 year ago

        the Been

        New Lemmy-speak for the Beeb, or genuine typo/autocorrect?

  • @guriinii
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    121 year ago

    If the source is The Sun, it could all be bullshit drama

    • Hossenfeffer
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      21 year ago

      To be fair to him, he grew up behind the iron curtain, just another product of his upbringing.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        Great Uncle Bulgaria didn’t come from Bulgaria, he was named after it, besides, it’s his first name, his surname is Coburg, and he didn’t come from there either, he always lived in the UK, since the 1600s.

        Sorry, you can’t just slander wombles.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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      41 year ago

      That’s a bit harsh, there are plenty. Some proper wrong 'uns have pointed the finger at David Attenborough and I hope there’s a special place in Hell for them.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    The Sun is reporting they’re on a six figure salary and were due to be presenting on Friday, but were removed.