Claims about BBC presenter are rubbish, says young person at centre of scandal

Lawyer for young person denies mother’s allegations to the Sun, saying ‘nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place’

The young person at the centre of a scandal over a suspended BBC presenter has issued a statement in which he claimed the key allegations are “rubbish”.

A prominent male BBC presenter was suspended at the weekend after the young person’s mother went to the Sun newspaper with claims the presenter spent £35,000 over three years buying explicit images from her child, who is now 20. She alleged the presenter first began talking to her child when they were 17.