what were the circumstances? i was invited by a friend of mine to go to a school. something i ve done thousands of times. whether it was immediately or some time after, he said, will you follow him on twitter? because he s a fan. so i said, yeah, sure. no problem. which i did. and. ..he probably came back saying, thanks for the follow. and he was, what, 15 at the time? i follow 11,300 people and, in all the time i ve been on twitter, there has never been any whiff of impropriety. so he followed you on twitter, you followed him back. did you start having a sort of email exchange or direct message exchange of any kind? hardly, hardly at all. it was just, all the way through, just on and off and then. ..he asked if he could. ..visit the studios, work experience type of thing.
and then he asked if he could visit the studios, work experience type of thing. i said, come down, have a look, for sure, which he did. how old was he when he first said to you, i m interested in television ? was he 18 by that point? 19 then, i would think. 19 by then. when you look back now. if you were to look back at those messages now, is there any sense in which you were flirting with him? no. then when you met him in person, was there a little moment of sexual attraction then even? absolutely not. 0k. so, to be absolutely clear, how old was this young man when you first had any kind of sexual contact with him? 20. this is obviously the nub of it, and for the record and to put speculation to rest, let me ask you directly, did you have any kind of sexual relationship or sex with him
and that s where the picture was taken. um. whether it was immediately or sometime after he said, will you follow him on twitter? because he s a fan. so i said, yeah, sure, no problem. which i did. and he was, what, 15 at the time? yeah. and this is over a. but i follow. i follow 11,300 people. and in all the time i ve been on twitter, there has never been any whiff of impropriety. and how often were you in touch with him? hardly hardly at all. he then said that he was interested in television. ok, you know? good luck, good luck. anything i can do to help? probably that s what i normally say. um. and that was it for a while. and then. ..he. ..asked if he could. ..visit the studios, work experience type of thing. i said, well, come down
you in touch with him? hardly at all. and that was it for a while. and then he asked if he could visit the studios, work experience type of thing. i said, come down, have a look, for sure, which he did. how old was he when he first said to you, i m interested in television ? was he 18 by that point? 19 then, i would think. 19 by then. when you look back now. if you were to look back at those messages now, is there any sense in which you were flirting with him? no. then when you met him in person, was there a little moment of sexual attraction then even? absolutely not. 0k. so, to be absolutely clear, how old was this young man when you first had any kind of sexual contact with him? 20. this is obviously the nub of it and for the record and to put speculation to rest,