BREAKING: The BBC has been asked by the Met Police to pause its investigation into allegations one of its presenters paid a teenager for explicit images.
‘As you know, the BBC Corporate Investigations Team had a meeting with the police in relation to the information provided to the BBC by the Sun newspaper on Thursday July 6.
‘As a result of this the BBC has been asked to pause its own investigation into the allegations while they scope future work. We will pass any material that we have to them. ‘We know that questions have been asked how this case was initially managed and the timeline of events, so today we have published an update that sets out key dates and further detail.
‘The BBC has processes and protocols for receiving information and managing allegations when they are made.‘The events of recent days have shown how complex and challenging these kinds of cases can be and how vital it is they are handled with the upmost diligence.‘Of course there will be lessons to be learnt, and how processes could be improved.‘We will take time to properly review the current protocols and procedures to ensure they remain sufficient based on anything we learn from this case.
‘This work will be led by our chief operating officer Leigh Tavaziva who will report to the BBC board.’
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