The stepdad of a youngster at the heart of a sex picture scandal involving a BBC presenter claims police told the family they “couldn’t do anything”.
The family claim the young person, who is now 20, was communicating with a top Beeb star for three years. However, he says when they initially reported concerns to police officers, they said there was nothing they could do.
The revelation comes after The Sun claimed the big-name BBC host had allegedly paid over £35,000 to the youngster for explicit pictures. Their mother says this money was used to fund a crack habit.
Speaking to the newspaper, the stepdad claimed the family only contacted the BBC initially because they wanted to cash payments to stop. This they said would “save” their vulnerable addict child.
The stepdad said: “I told the BBC I had gone to the police in desperation but they couldn’t do anything as they said it wasn’t illegal. They knew all of this.”
He also said the money did not stop, adding: “I don’t even think they spoke to him.”
On Monday, July 10, BBC bosses and the Metropolitan Police held a meeting to look at information about the exchange between the youngster and the star.
The Metropolitan Police has said it is assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further enquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence having been committed.
The force said there is no investigation at this time into the allegations which have rocked the BBC and led to frenzied online speculation as to the identity of the male member of BBC staff.
The force said in a statement issued just after 3.30pm on Monday: “Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command met with representatives from the BBC on the morning of Monday, 10 July. The meeting took place virtually.
“There is no investigation at this time.”
Meanwhile, lawyers representing the youngster claimed nothing “illegal or inappropriate” had happened.
“For the avoidance of doubt, nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the BBC personality and the allegations reported in the Sun newspaper are rubbish,” the lawyer wrote.
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