The BBC has been asked to pause its investigation into allegations a BBC presenter paid a teenager for explicit images “while the police scope future work” following a meeting with the Metropolitan Police, the corporation has said.
The BBC’s Corporate Investigations Team met the force on Monday following The Sun newspaper’s report that the unnamed presenter paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.
The presenter has been suspended by the BBC and a review into the protocols and procedures around complaints has been ordered by the director-general Tim Davie.
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