BBC Bosses Didn’t Put Claims to Scandal-Hit Star for 7 Weeks

People arrive and depart from Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, in London, on July 2, 2015. Paul Hackett/File Photo/Reuters

The BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photos wasn’t questioned by management until seven weeks after the broadcaster first learned of the allegations, it has emerged.

The unnamed presenter was suspended on Sunday after The Sun reported last week that he paid a teenager more than £35,000 over three years to pose for sexually explicit photos, beginning when the youth was 17 years old.