after he first met the young man, who was 15 at the time. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he s been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. last week, if my. ..daughters hadn t been there. ..then.i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. um. and won t let me out of their sight. it s like a weird.numbness. i know that s a selfish point of view. but you come to a point where you just think, how much are you supposed to take? if all of those people that write all of that stuff. do they ever think that there s actually. ..a person at the other end? and so. ..hereiam, um. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. who is.vulnerable. ..and probably feels like i do. and. ..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, wi
referee anthony taylor after the europa league final the president of the uk s referee s association, paul field joins me shortly hello, i m matthew amrtoliwala welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin in the uk where one of the nation s best known presenters phillip schofield has told the bbc he s lost everything, and does not see a future for his career, after his affair with a junior male colleague. the anchor who hosted the popular daytime show this morning, has been in the headlines after admitting to an unwise but not illegal relationship. in his first interview since the scandal, he said the affair only began several years