BBC star Nicky Campbell tells of 'distressing weekend' after 'false allegations'
dailyrecord.co.ukNicky Campbell has spoken about his “distressing weekend” after he was “falsely named” as the BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit pictures.
The 62-year-old was among the famous faces forced to clear their name after allegations that a BBC presenter paid £35,000 for explicit photographs.
Introducing his BBC Radio 5 Live show on Monday, Campbell said: “Obviously thoughts with the alleged victim and family. “So a bit of perspective here, worse things happen at sea as they say, but it was a distressing weekend, I can’t deny it, for me and others falsely named.
Today I am having further conversations with the police in terms of malicious communication and with lawyers in terms of defamation.”It comes after he suggested he had contacted police about being falsely mentioned online in connection with the story.
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