BBC presenter scandal is ‘rubbish’ says accuser’s lawyer: ‘Nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place’

The accusation against an unnamed BBC presenter of paying tens of thousands of pounds to a teen for sexually explicit images is “rubbish” a lawyer representing the young accuser has said.

An article published by BBC News on Monday said that a lawyer for the accuser wrote a letter to the broadcaster throwing doubt on the allegations which were broken by The Sun in a bombshell article on Friday.

The lawyer said that his client had sent a denial to Ths Sun on Friday evening — the day the original article was published — saying that there was “no truth to it”. The lawyer mentioned that the “inappropriate article” still remains published on the tabloid’s site.

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In their letter, the lawyer writes: “For the avoidance of doubt, nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the BBC personality and the allegations reported in the Sun newspaper are rubbish.”

A spokesperson for the Sun said: “We have reported a story about two very concerned parents who made a complaint to the BBC about the behavior of a presenter and the welfare of their child. Their complaint was not acted upon by the BBC. We have seen evidence that supports their concerns. It’s now for the BBC to properly investigate.”

Meanwhile, BBC has explicitly made it clear that they have not spoken to the alleged accuser directly or not seen any of the evidence, or the dossier the Sun said was handed to the corporation by the family of the accuser over the weekend.

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The BBC was reportedly made aware of the complaint about sexual misconduct in May. The corporation was also made aware that “new allegations” on the matter surfaced on Thursday, the day before the Sun first published its claims.

The Sun claimed that the accuser’s family was left upset by the corporation’s latest response as “no-one from the BBC rang them for a proper interview after the initial complaint”. In a follow-up article, the Sun claimed that the BBC presenter made two “panicked calls” to the teen accuser – who is now 20 – after the original story was published.

As BBC conducts its internal investigation, the presenter against whom the allegations have been made, remains suspended by the broadcaster.