The BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager more than £35,000 for sexually explicit images tried to meet up with the teen at a train station, their family has claimed.
The unnamed presenter has been accused of paying more than £35,000 to a teenager - now 20 years old - in exchange for sexually explicit images, according to the young person's mother. The mother of the alleged recipient claimed her child used the money to fund an addiction to crack cocaine and says she blames the presenter for "destroying her child's life".
A letter from a lawyer acting on behalf of the teenager said the allegation was "totally wrong and there was no truth to it".
In a letter to the BBC, the lawyer wrote: "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.'"
Now, the stepdad has spoken to The Sun, and said that the family had complained to the BBC just hours after the presenter had tried to meet up with the teen at a train station.
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Neither the BBC or the unnamed presenter have responded to the claims that the presenter wanted to meet up at a train station. There is also no suggestion that such a meeting was illegal or in any way, wrong.
"Without the money, my partner’s child would have no drugs," he said, "They’re not telling the truth. I told them the youngster was 20 and it had been going on for three years. I told the BBC I had gone to the police in desperation but they couldn’t do anything as they said it wasn’t illegal. They knew all of this."
In an additional report, the mother of the anonymous accuser alleged the unnamed BBC presenter was in his underwear during a video call with her then teenage child.
"I was shocked to see a picture of him sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear," she told the publication, before adding: "I immediately recognised him, he was leaning forward getting ready for my child to perform for him. My child told me, 'I have shown things' and this was a picture from some kind of video call."
When first approached for comment following the initial reports, the BBC told the Mirror: "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."
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