Jermaine Jenas has claimed the BBC was able to “take my life away” after his sacking over alleged unsolicited, inappropriate text messages he sent female colleagues at the broadcaster.
Jenas was sacked in August 2024 over allegations that he sent explicit texts to two female BBC employees. At the time of the scandal Jenas said, “I am not happy about it. I’ll have to let the lawyers deal with it. There are two sides to every story,” before he eventually admitted that he had behaved “inappropriately” and “made a mistake”.