Jeremy Vine agrees deal with Twitter user who falsely named him in BBC presenter scandal
, the newsreader's wife, Vicky Flind, named her husband and said he was in hospital suffering with "serious mental health issues".Despite police concluding he had no criminal case to answer, a BBC investigation may still find he breached the terms of his contract.
Vine, who also presents his own Channel 5 TV show, had earlier called for the then-unknown presenter to come forward publicly after being accused himself on social media. On Sunday , Vine posted on Twitter saying he had come to an agreement with one user who had "libelled" him "by alleging that I was the BBC presenter at the heart of a story inVine continued: "He has now acknowledged that he was wrong, and has apologised. At my request, he has also agreed to pay £1,000 to [the Motor Neurone Disease Association] rather than paying damages.
"And the BBC, which I'm sure he loves, is on its knees with this. But it is his decision and his alone."
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