has issued a call for the unnamed presenter to ‘come forward publicly’, warning that the broadcaster is ‘on its knees’.
The TV personality stressed that it is ‘his decision and his alone’, but added that the today (Tuesday July 11) will result in further attention on ‘innocent’ colleagues of his.
Writing on Twitter, the 58-year-old said: ‘I’m starting to think the BBC Presenter involved in the Scan**l should now come forward publicly.
‘These new allegations will result in yet more vitriol being thrown at perfectly innocent colleagues of his. And the BBC, which I’m sure he loves, is on its knees with this.’
He concluded: ‘But it is his decision and his alone.’
It’s been claimed that a has informed the BBC that they received ‘threatening messages’ from the unnamed presenter after they had been communicating on a dating app.
It’s been claimed that when they first connected on the app, the well-known individual kept his identity anonymous, before revealing who he was.
The suspended male presenter was recently alleged to have paid a different young person for sexually explicit images.
The lawyer representing the young person, who is now 20, .
However, the individual’s parents stressed that they , which had been published in .
Several BBC stars have felt the need to emphasise to the public that they are at the centre of the allegations.
On Saturday July 8, that ‘whoever the “BBC Presenter” in the news is’, it ‘certainly’ wasn’t him.
At the corporation’s annual report press briefing on Tuesday, BBC director-general Tim Davie said: ‘This is clearly a complex and difficult situation where we need to manage a number of factors – properly responding to serious allegations, sensitively managing duty of care issues, appropriately respecting the privacy of individuals and justified public interest.
‘We do believe we are navigating these responsibly and judicially but we recognise it’s not easy to do so.
‘As you know, the BBC Corporate Investigations Team had a meeting with the police in relation to the information provided to the BBC by the Sun newspaper on Thursday July 6.
‘As a result of this the BBC has been asked to pause its own investigation into the allegations while they scope future work. We will pass any material that we have to them.’
