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Why we can't name the BBC presenter who has been suspended over explicit photo allegations

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Media law experts have explained why there have been no reports identifying the suspended BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager for explicit pictures.

Allegations broke out that a so-called household name paid more than £35,000 in exchange for sexual images. Mark Stephens, a media law expert and partner at Howard Kennedy, said there has been a major change to how these types of stories are reported after Sir Cliff Richard won a privacy case against the BBC.

Furthermore, the Supreme Court has previously ruled that a person being investigated for a crime generally has a "reasonable expectation of privacy".

This is entrenched in a privacy claim by a US citizen known only as ZXC, a chief executive of a regional division company. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. In the first case of the issue considered in court last year, five justices dismissed an appeal brought by financial organisation Bloomberg over the publication of information about a person under investigation by a legal enforcement body prior to the charge.

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