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The BBC has confirmed it was alert that Scott Mills, 1 of its highest-profile power presenters, was nan taxable of a constabulary investigation successful 2017.
In a connection connected Wednesday, nan BBC said it was alert that Mills was being investigated complete allegations of superior intersexual offences against a teenage boy.
The lawsuit closed successful 2019 aft prosecutors said location was insufficient grounds to prosecute nan matter successful court. Mills is yet to remark aft being fired by nan BBC successful caller days.
A BBC spokesperson said: “Scott Mills had a agelong profession crossed nan BBC, he was hugely celebrated and we cognize nan news this week has travel arsenic a daze and astonishment to many.
“We besides recognise there’s been overmuch speculation successful nan media and online since Monday. We dream group understand that location is simply a limit to what we tin opportunity because we person to beryllium mindful of nan authorities of those involved.
“What we tin corroborate is that successful caller weeks, we obtained caller accusation relating to Scott and we said straight pinch him. As a result, nan BBC acted decisively successful statement pinch our civilization and values and terminated his contracts connected Friday 27 March.
“The BBC has made a important committedness to amended its culture, processes and standards. Last year, pursuing an independent civilization review, we group retired nan behavioural expectations for everyone who useful pinch aliases for nan BBC and we were clear action would beryllium taken if these were not met.
“Separately, we tin corroborate nan BBC was made alert successful 2017 of nan beingness of an ongoing constabulary investigation, which was subsequently closed successful 2019 pinch nary apprehension aliases complaint being made. We are doing much activity to understand nan item of what was known by nan BBC astatine this time.”
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