🔴 No 10 says anyone with allegations similar to those made against BBC presenter should ‘come forward’
No 10 has urged anyone with allegations similar to those made against an unnamed BBC presenter “to come forward”, after reports emerged on Tuesday eveningRishi Sunak’s press secretary said: “Anyone who has been a victim in the nature of these allegations, of course we would call on those people to come forward to ensure that they are supported and their claims looked into”.
It followed reports by the BBC that a second individual had come forward to make allegations against the unnamed star. BBC News reported on Tuesday that a person in their early 20s said they felt threatened by the presenter at the centre of a major row engulfing the broadcaster., said they had been intimidated by the power the presenter held.s sent by the presenter when the young person threatened to reveal his identity after meeting on a dating app.
The news site said it had verified that the messages were sent from a number belonging to the BBC presenter who is alleged to have made them. The BBC said it had also asked the presenter for comment but received no answer.into the allegations the presenter paid a teenager £35,000 for explicit photos while the force assesses the claims., but insisted he would not strengthen social media laws to crack down on people wrongly naming other presenters.
Speaking to reporters on a flight to the Nato summit in Vilnius on Tuesday, the Prime Minister said he has been reassured that an investigation into the allegations would be “rigorous and swift”, adding that it was “important” that the BBC is allowed to conduct its probe into the claims.
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