A top BBC presenter has been suspended amid allegations he paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for explicit images.
The corporation announced the suspension in a statement on Sunday afternoon UK time, but did not name the individual at the heart of the allegations.
The BBC is also in dialogue with the Metropolitan Police about the issue. Deadline understands that the BBC was in touch with police before The Sun published allegations about the unnamed star on Friday.
In a statement, the BBC said: “The BBC takes any allegations seriously and we have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations. “This is a complex and fast moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps. “It is important that these matters are handled fairly and with care.
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