anyone. that individual has told bbc news they were surprised to find out who he was and they felt under some pressure to meet up with the presenter but actually they never did and later, that individual online alluded to having conduct with a bbc presenter and implied that they would name him publicly online at some point. the presenter reacted by sending a number of which the individual has described as threatening. we have seen those messages, they were abusive, expletive field messages. speaking to bbc news, the young person said they had been scared by the power at the presenter had and that the threats made had frightened them and remained scared. while them and remained scared. while the individual has spoken to us at bbc news, they have not made at bbc news, they have not made a complaint to the bbc corporate investigations unit which is looking into the
a month later, the sun contacted the bbc corporate press office with what the bbc said contained new allegations. after that, with the top executives informed, the complainant interviewed, and the presenter spoken to for the first time, action was swift. it was a difficult situation in which we were not getting a response to attempts to get more information. when the information came to me on the 6th ofjuly, i think we acted very speedily. that action included suspending the presenter. the director general told me today he has not personally spoken to the still unnamed presenter throughout this, but mr davie is still under pressure, particularly over how much effort was made to investigate that serious complaint made in may. that timeline today they have released, i have to tell you, is very damning. the idea that after you get a complaint of any kind from concerned parents saying
i have to tell you, is very damning. the idea that after you get a complaint of any kind from concerned parents saying a major presenter is giving vast amounts of money and turning my child into a drug addict, whether or not it is true, because you can t know at that stage, you have to ring alarm bells like mad. the bbc has now spoken publicly. the sun has not. though it has pushed back on the claims by the lawyer for the young person at the heart of this that its story is rubbish and that nothing inappropriate or unlawful went on between the client and the presenter. today, the sun had the family standing by their story, asking how their loved one could even afford a lawyer. the paper told us it felt the family is being attacked for not understanding the bbc complaints system. with the police now involved, the met has asked the bbc to pause its own investigation, but the corporation does feel damaged by this story. i think the bbc is often
you re watching bbc news. a second set of serious allegations involving a person in their 20s has emerged, related to the behaviour of the bbc presenter who s accused of sending money for sexually explicit photographs. bbc news spoke to the individual who revealed that they first came into contact with the male presenter on a dating app. while they are not alleging criminal behaviour, they are accusing him of being menacing and abusive. editor katie razzall on the sun s latest article with the new allegations but first here s our special correspondent lucy manning with the second set of serious claims. this is a person, to be clear, who bbc news approached. we understood they may have information about the presenter s behaviour. this is a different young person, to be clear, from the one that the sun has been writing about. this individual in their 20s was first contacted anonymously by the male presenter on a dating app, and after the two had first
not a good situation, the director general said today. claim and counterclaim goes on about a bbc presenter, still unnamed, explicit photographs, and quite what the bbc did when a family complained. in his first interview since the crisis erupted, tim davie said he had launched an internal review of bbc complaints procedure. i think there is a valid question that i am asking which is, how are complaints like this red flagged through the organisation? i want that immediately looked at and also review the overall process and protocols to make sure we are satisfied by them. today, as it published its annual report, the bbc offered up a new timeline. the key information is around how they handled that early complaint. 0n the 18th of may, a family member went into a bbc building to try to complain. the next day, their complaint reached the corporate investigations team who, we are told, felt it didn t involve criminality, but was serious. 0n the same day, they e mailed