to a teenager for explicit photos. the bbc has released new details of its investigation into the claims. it says just two attempts were made over several weeks to contact the family concerned. the bbc s director general tim davie confirmed that the unnamed presenter was not spoken to about the issue until seven weeks after the initial complaint when new information had emerged. he also conceded, that the allegations had been clearly damaging . the bbc has been asked to pause its investigation by police while they make further inquiries. on may 18th, the complainant went to a bbc building to make the initial allegation. the following day, the complaint was assessed by the bbc s corporate investigations team. that team decided that the complaint did not include an allegation of criminality, but nonetheless merited further investigation. also on may 19th, the bbc says it emailed the complainant but received no response. untiljune 6th when the bbc says it made a phone call to t
received no response. untiljune 6th when the bbc says it made a phone call to the complainant which didn t connect. no further attempts to contact the complainant were made for a month. that takes us tojuly 6th, when the sun informed the bbc of the allegations it was intending to publish. also on that day, the director general tim davie says he was made aware of the matter for the first time. and that s also when the first conversation was had with the presenter at the centre of the allegations. the following day, the sun published its story. the bbc says it made contact with the complainant on that day and also spoke to the police. the next day, the bbc says it received materials from the complainant. and onjuly 9th, it confirmed the presenter had been suspended. bbc director general tim davie spoke earlier on bbc radio 4 s world at one programme. he was questioned by sarah montague.