The BBC has suspended an unnamed leading presenter who is alleged to have paid a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos.
The Sun newspaper, which first reported the allegations, said last week that one of the BBC’s star presenters paid a teenager more than £35,000 ($45,000) over three years to pose for sexually explicit photos, beginning when the youth was 17 years old.
The mother of the youth told the newspaper that the teenager had used the cash to fund a crack cocaine habit.
The family were said to have complained to the BBC on May 19 but allegedly became frustrated that the star remained on air….