Tim Davie: Original 'serious' complaint about BBC presenter was received in May

The BBC did not question the unnamed presenter at the centre of an alleged sex scandal for almost two months after the corporation first received a complaint. The corporation said the police have requested it “pause its investigations” into allegations a presenter paid for explicit photographs of a young person while officers “scope future work”. The BBC has also pledged to “learn lessons” and review the existing complaints procedure. BBC director general Tim Davie said that the original complaint received in May “did not include an allegation of criminality but nonetheless was very serious”, and was therefore followed up by the corporate investigations team. He added: “When The Sun made new allegations on the 6 July they were different to the matters being considered by corporate investigations and those new allegations clearly related to potential criminal activity - that, in a nutshell, is the difference.” Mr Davie said that the first he learned of the allegations was when the BBC was contacted by The Sun last week. “Myself and the executive committee were aware on the 6 July and were not told before that.” Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/11/bbc-presenter-scandal-latest-director-general-tim-davie/ Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture. #BBC #TimDavie