BBC Scandal - Huw Edwards formally suspended over payment of explicit images of teenager Read OP*

Yup. Like @BattleCorp id question the young person suddenly rocking up with a premiership legal team. I do hope this is a hoax or some stupidity on the Sun’s part. If the BBC personality is who I believe it is then I hope they’ll have a hell of a case for defamation and all that goes with it.

Like most things though I find if something doesn’t sit right with me then there’s still a problem and all this first sit right. I would give credence to a mother regardless of her relationship with her son if he is being enabled to take his life in a bad durdction. I would also say it’s questionable to believe the word of an addict if there is s possibility there is something in it for them in denying a story. I’d also say there’s an advantage for an accused with means to help the kid make the story go away. I think if I knew more about the young man’s reasons I might feel more accepting but now these are the questions I have and my gut tells me there’s more to this.

There’s at least one picture on Twitter doing the rounds- whether this is faked or not I just don’t know but many are taking it as legitimate.

Its actually a very sad pathetic story at this point- you would imagine the presenter in question, if they have been a victim of a terrible wrong, and have nothing at all to hide or be ashamed of. would have come out fighting at this point - that hasn’t happened and that’s why I’m ruling out “hoax”- but to what degree this story rises above “nothing to see here” is down to what the investigation uncovers.

Its possible there’s something to see, but it’s private embarrassing for one of more people but not illegal

I guess if we start referencing those things (which I have too BTW, in my posts) then we’re all just moving away from facts and running with the rest of the herd- that’s why I’m quite skeptical of the sh1te on Twitter and just trying to focus on what Sky, BBC The Sun are saying- which as I type, just shows us how feiced we all are relying on these media outlets for the truth 🤪

If the Sun are so concerned about this young man's well being, why did they take two months to publish the story?

As I have already posted is it a coincidence that this story was published just as a massive story about George Osborne was breaking all over social media?

The Sun have form for lying so I am finding it hard too trust them especially if they are going on hearsay from the young mans parents.

It's alleged they went to The Sun after they contacted the BBC who supposedly did nothing.

Using your "logic" then, surely no one on Twitter not involved needed to spend the weekend accusing/speculating on which BBC present let it was?

Just admit you were peddling utter scutter about your misuse of "virtue signalling" and we can all move on.

Agreed they should have contacted the police and then the BBC. Something smells fishy here.

I hope the Sun gets shutdown for this. As a journalist I know that you always need two independent sources to corroborate and backup your story. The two parents are not two independent sources.

Very shoddy from the Sun here but that's par for the course with the Sun.

Very possible the mother and step father have a bad relationship with the son, making any of their claims highly dubious. They are far less likely to know what actually happened than the son himself.

Hardly obsessing- it’s a legitimate question for all sorts of obvious reasons -

Well if tge allegations drop away and there is no case to answer then I hope the presenter keeps their job. I feel sympathy for them. Even if they have some things in their private life that you mightn’t expect them that’s they’d business. If they are capable of doing their job it’s all that matters on air IMHO. If they were fir to be on air two weeks ago and there’s no case here then they’re fit to return to air. I think standing by then would be the best Fûck You tge BBC coukd give to Murdich and The Sun.

Depends on whether your line of what's acceptable is legal Vs illegal. I have higher standards than that, and if it is confirmed that person X has paid 35 grand into a teenager's account, I would tend to welcome the public shaming that the parents are aiming for. Even if nothing illegal per se can be proved. But the facts aren't out yet and that's important to note at this stage.

You could definitely argue the case there may have been some sort of rather 'inappropriate' relationship (real or online) going on between the older public figure and the younger adult male, but nothing that would warrant the police being dragged into it or it being front page news for days on end.

If the older male had used the services of an adult rent boy, would that be front page news in this day and age?