all the events so far. on friday, 19th may, according to the sun newspaper, the young person s family complained to the bbc about one of its presenters. on thursday, 6thjuly, allegations of a different nature were put to the bbc, according to director general tim davie. the next day, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. on saturday, 8thjuly, the sun on sunday publishes more details of the presenter s alleged actions. and today, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police, with the met confirming an initial contact has been received. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has answered some of the questions about this case. effectively, if you go on social media this weekend, there have been two burning questions. firstly, has there been a crime that s been committed? and secondly, why hasn t this individual been named? so let s go through these in turn has an
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that s been committed? and secondly, why hasn t this individual been named? so let s go through these in turn has any crime been committed? well, look, if these allegations turn out to be true, it s a fairly straightforward issue in terms of the criminaljustice system and what it says about the alleged incident. the presenter is accused of paying for sexually explicit photographs. those photographs are said to have come from somebody who was 17 years old at the time that this began. now, that individual would have been a teenager, would have been over the age of consent which is 16 but in terms of actually making these images, it s a crime. sorry, i beg your pardon a child, anyone under the age of 18 cannot consent to making those images and, therefore, it is a crime to make, take or possess what is known as an indecent image, and that can lead to up to ten years in prison. it s a very, very serious offence,