Fired BBC Presenter Jermaine Jenas Denies Fresh Claim He “Bombarded World Cup Party Planner With Unsolicited Texts”
deadline.comA fired BBC sports presenter has denied fresh claims that he sent a woman unsolicited inappropriate pictures while on overseas duty covering the football World Cup for the corporation.
Jermaine Jenas was a presenter of sports programs and magazine show The One Show until a fortnight ago, when the BBC fired him following claims he had sent inappropriate text messages to other members of the production team.
Jenas apologised for his behaviour, but said he had done nothing illegal, and all the messages were consensual. Saturday morning The Daily Mail newspaper reported another woman had met Jenas in December 2022 in Doha, during his time working there covering the World Cup.
The woman, a waitress and party planner, alleged the former football star pestered him for bikini pictures, and shared some alleged messages between the pair.
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