The worst-kept secret on the internet is out in the wild - Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter at the centre of an alleged explicit pictures scandal first published by The Sun newspaper.
It took the newsreader’s wife, Vicky Flind, to go public with his name after five days of social media guess-who gossip.
In a statement, she said Edwards is receiving in-patient hospital care for his mental health after a “serious episode” worsened by recent revelations.
On Friday, The Sun made serious allegations regarding an unnamed high-profile BBC presenter, claiming they had seen evidence of the star paying a teenager up to £35,000 for explicit photos of them.
But the young person at the centre of the controversy has said nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened.
The scandal has rocked the BBC, although the Metropolitan Police says officers have assessed the claims and found “no information” indicating a crime’s been committed.
Now, fresh claims - reported by the BBC - have emerged of what’s been described as “inappropriate” messages allegedly sent by Edwards to three junior staff members.
His former colleague Jon Sopel has said Edwards was “very angry” and “felt very let down” by the coverage of the allegations made about him,
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