paid actually more than £35,000 in returns for those sexually explicit images. the individual s family, it s reported, complained to the bbc on may 19th this year and begged them to make the man stop sending the cash because the mum claims that her child, who is now 20, had gone from a happy go lucky youngster to a ghostlike crack addict injust three years, because it is claimed the money has been used to fund a drugs habit. the bbc in a statement said: we treat any allegations very seriously and have processes in place to proactively deal with them. they also said, as part of that, if we receive information that requires further investigation or examination, we will take steps to do this. that includes actively attempting to speak to those who have contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation. the sun has reported that the male presenter has been taken off air and we do understand that he is not scheduled to appear in the coming
Meanwhile, twitter considers legal action, accusing the company of stealing its trade secrets. hello i m helena humphrey first tonight, allegations have emerged in a newspaper about a bbc presenter. our culture and media editor katie razzall has more. a bbc presenter has been accused of serious misconduct with an individual that began when the teenager was 17 years old, according to the sun newspaper here in the uk. now, the newspaper says that the presenter, who has not been named, paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. we understand that the bbc is looking into the allegations which are clearly very serious and the sun claims that the well known presenter