Rupert paper: BBC presenter paid teen for explicit images

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Bob Jersey

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Jul 10, 2023, 6:47:31 PM7/10/23
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The Sun dropped the bombshell Friday... the male personality (otherwise unidentified) was suspended Sunday... Beeb said they're talking with Metropolitan Police about it... the kid used the quid to fuel a crack habit... 
Four presenters, between TV and radio, denied they were the "unsub" as questions increased about what TPTB at Broadcasting House knew and when they knew it...
And just like in Wolf-land here, there's always a twist... the kid, through his lawyer, called the paper's story "rubbish"...
Dang.
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Bob Jersey

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Jul 12, 2023, 5:14:22 PM7/12/23
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The unmasking occurred this morning (12)... his wife revealed that Huw Edwards had a serious mental episode and is in treatment:
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Brad Beam

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Jul 12, 2023, 10:18:01 PM7/12/23
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The Met has closed the investigation, with its Specialist Crime Command stating that “there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed. ”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/07/12/suspended-bbc-presenter-huw-edwards-investigation/70407148007/

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Bob Jersey

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Jul 13, 2023, 2:37:15 PM7/13/23
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But much as, say, the NFL tends to punish misguided players regardless of lack of criminal charge, Edwards is likely ruined as far as broadcasting employment...     B

Brad Beam, to moi, July 12th:

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Jul 13, 2023, 11:26:15 PM7/13/23
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Interesting, I might have said that the NFL tends not to punish p,Ayer’s who commit violent crimes, or at least not punish them very long.

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Bob Jersey

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Sep 13, 2023, 9:57:23 AM9/13/23
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But a committee in the UK parliament's House of Lords has its own general periodic review of The Beeb ongoing... and questioned about the Edwards sitch amid concerns government is a bit too cosy with the pubcaster, culture secretary Lucy Frazer defended her meeting with director general Tim Davie, whilst the committee chairperson felt the chairperson of the Beeb's board would have been a better choice...
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Brad Beam, to moi, July 12th:

The Met has closed the investigation, with its Specialist Crime Command stating that “there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed. ”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/07/12/suspended-bbc-presenter-huw-edwards-investigation/70407148007/

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