A BBC presenter has been suspended following accusations that one of its biggest presenters paid a teenager more than £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. The corpoation has also confirmed it is in touch with the police over the issue.
The BBC released a statement today (July 9) confirming the news, with their website stating that it was a presenter. A statement from the organisation said: "The BBC takes any allegations seriously and we have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations.
“This is a complex and fast moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps.