The BBC has said it is taking “very seriously” allegations that one of its top presenters paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexual images.
British tabloid newspaper The Sun reported on Friday night that the unnamed male star was off air while the BBC investigates the issue.
The newspaper alleged that the presenter had given the teenager more than £35,000 ($45,000) in return for explicit pictures.
It said the exchanges started in 2020 when the teenager was aged 17. The Sun said it had been contacted by the teenager’s mother, who said she did not want payment for telling her story.
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