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Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of developments in the unfolding scandal at the BBC involving an unnamed presenter who has been accused of paying tens of thousands of pounds for explicit images from a young person.
The broadcaster has suspended a male member of staff after The Sun newspaper reported claims from the parents of a young person that the presenter had paid around £35,000 over three years for explicit images.
The scandal took another twist on Monday night after a lawyer representing the young person at the centre of the controversy said nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened, branding the reporting “rubbish”.
The Met police have said at this time there would be no criminal investigation into the allegations.
However, the parents of the young person involved, who is said to be 20 now, stand by the account they gave to the Sun.
Today will be a busy day for the BBC, a day of enormous pressure, as the corporation publishes its annual report in the midst of the ongoing controversy.
The BBC’s director general Tim Davie is expected to talk to media, which was previously scheduled due to the release of the report, and is likely to bombarded with questions over the corporation’s handling of the controversy.
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