BBC Anchor Who Allegedly Paid Teen For Explicit Photos Outed By His Wife!
13.07.2023 - 20:43
/ perezhilton.com
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Last week, news broke in UK media outlets about a BBC broadcaster who allegedly paid £35,000 to a 17-year-old for sexually explicit photos.
The scandal, which was first reported by The Sun, was shocking. But there were few details to go on at the time. The story was based on an interview with the young person’s mother and stepfather, who alleged the payments for sexually explicit photos had been “fueling” the teen’s drug use. And the so-called “BBC presenter” involved was not named — so there were plenty of questions about who it could be.
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The case got weirder on Monday, when a purported lawyer for that young person came forward and told the BBC that “nothing inappropriate” happened. At that time, the teen’s lawyer slammed the original reporting by The Sun in a strong statement sent to the UK’s public news service:
We bring that backstory up now because the identity of the broadcaster allegedly involved in the explicit-photos-for-cash swap has been outed — and he may just be BBC News’ MOST high-profile presenter!!!
On Wednesday, The Sun, People, and others reported that longtime BBC anchor Huw Edwards is the man accused of sending cash to the teen in exchange for sexually explicit photos. And his name has been revealed because his own wife was the one who outed him!
OMG!!!
For our American readers, it may be difficult to get across just how big this story is in the UK. Edwards isn’t any random news anchor — although allegedly paying a teen for sexually explicit photos would be an ugly scandal for anybody. Obviously.
But Edwards is, like, the British news presenter. The folks at Variety