The BBC presenter suspended for allegedly paying a teenager for explicit images is said to have made panicked phone calls to the young person last week as The Sun reported on the claims.
The British tabloid reported on Monday that the star, who is not being named by UK media for legal reasons, phoned the teenager to ask: “What have you done?” The presenter also attempted to stop the teenager’s mother, who appears to be the source of The Sun‘s reporting, to halt the investigation by the BBC.
The mother reportedly complained to the BBC about the presenter in May and told the story of her child to The Sun in a series of articles over the weekend.
The presenter was suspended on Sunday and the BBC has contacted the Metropolitan Police. The teenager was allegedly aged 17 when they were first in contact with the presenter in 2020.
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