A second youngster has come forward with claims against scandal-rocked BBC presenter
That relative then contacted BBC Audience Services and the details of this contact were referred to the Corporate Investigations Team.
The BBC’s Corporate Investigations Team emailed the complainant to seek additional information to verify the claims being made but there was no response. The BBC says it became clear that the source of the claims was from the same family as approached the BBC on May 18 and May 19.The broadcaster claims the allegations made by The Sun contained fresh information that was not being investigated by the Corporate Investigations team.
The acting chairman was updated, and the board was regularly updated in the coming days, the corporation said.It was agreed the presenter would be taken off air while the probe continued.Following The Sun’s contact, the BBC’s Corporate Investigations team contacted the complainant again, who was in touch with the BBC’s investigators.
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