Huw Edwards Is Accused Of Paying £35,000 To A Vulnerable Teenager, According To His Wife

Now Huw Edwards faces new allegations of improper conduct from his own BBC coworkers, it’s been revealed.

Junior staff members divulged to the Six O’Clock News and Newsnight that the presenter, 61, had sent inappropriate messages to them, but also confirmed that they’d not previously officially complained to the Corporation.

It came just minutes after his own wife Vicky Flind revealed him as being the presenter accused of paying £35,000 to a vulnerable teenager in return for explicit images.

However, the Met Police confirmed they were no longer investigating the allegations against the seasoned BBC anchor as a ‘criminal offence’, but in the hours that ensued, three BBC workers, two recent and one former, then came along with their assertions.

One current employee said that they received improper and lewd messages from the presenter, while two more, one of which has since left, said that they received messages which evidently made them feel awkward.

One said that they felt that it was an abuse of power by someone so very senior in the organisation.

This was an extraordinary five days of deduction, which began when a newspaper outlet accused a man of sending money to a teenager in return for sexual photos, and a special correspondent said that a current BBC employee had said that they’d received suggestive messages on social media from the presenter and that they thought the messages were inappropriate, especially as the presenter was a much more senior coworker.

The BBC has evidently seen the messages which referred to a BBC staff member’s appearance and that they were flirtatious, and that the BBC employee wants managers to be more proactive, specifically towards younger staff who work with the presenter and to address who senior and junior members of staff interact with.

However, they haven’t yet put in a formal complaint because they want to remain nameless but still might consider it, and apparently, another BBC employee and a former one have also said that they received what they perceived to be more problematic social media messages from the presenter that made them feel awkward.

Nonetheless, new claims came as Ms Flind, who also works in TV, released a lengthy statement about the presenter’s well-being, and said that the father of five was now receiving in-patient hospital care where he will evidently remain for the foreseeable future, and she asked for privacy for her family at this time, and that she was doing this largely out of concern for Huw Edwards mental well-being and to protect their children.

Huw Edwards was named after a number of BBC celebrities, including Gary Lineker, Rylan Clark, Nicky Campbell and Jeremy Vine were forced to publicly deny they were the stars at the epicentre of the scandal.

Jeremy Vine had urged his coworker to name themselves to protect colleagues and the BBC, and apparently, Nicky Campbell went to the police to report people who named him online and threatened to sue them.

Ms Flind’s statement was released at 6 pm. However, there was some confusion as the BBC first said that Huw Edwards had quit his position as their principal newsreader, but then minutes later the corporation clarified that he’d not quit, and apparently, sources close to the star have since stressed that he’s not left his job.

The Metropolitan Police and the South Wales Police have both said that there had been no criminal offence perpetrated by the presenter, although the BBC evidently have been investigating the claims that Huw Edwards paid a teenager for explicit images.

Whether more comes to light concerning Huw Edwards is for the police to determine, but for the time being this is not in the public’s interest, although they do seem to be interested.