A BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit photos has been accused of breaking lockdown rules to meet a young person from a dating website during the pandemic, The Sun reported. The newspaper said it has seen messages which suggest the presenter travelled to see the 23-year-old in February 2021, after meeting them on a dating website the previous November.
The 23-year-old told the newspaper the presenter travelled from London to a different county to meet them at their flat. At this time strict coronavirus lockdown rules were in place, including a stay at home order and mixing only between household bubbles.
The young person told the newspaper: “He came round for an hour…. We just chatted. He was obsessed with me making him a cup of tea.”
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They appear to be a separate person to the others who have made claims against the presenter, who has been suspended by the BBC. The Sun first made allegations on Friday about the unnamed presenter.
The reports claiming a different young person was paid around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for sexually explicit images.
On Tuesday, BBC News reported a person in their early 20s – who the broadcaster said is not connected to the person in the first report by the Sun – allegedly received threatening messages from the presenter.
