Nicky Campbell has told how he endured a “distressing weekend” after he was falsely identified as the unnamed BBC presenter accused of paying £35,000 to a teenager for sexually explicit pictures.
The broadcaster, 62, was among several high-profile BBC employees who felt compelled to clear their name after allegations surfaced in a tabloid newspaper last week.
Introducing his BBC Radio 5 Live show on Monday, Campbell said: “Obviously thoughts with the alleged victim and family.
“So a bit of perspective here, worse things happen at sea as they say, but it was a distressing weekend, I can’t deny it, for me and others falsely named.
“Today I am having further conversations with the police in terms of malicious communication and with lawyers in terms of defamation.”
Gary Lineker, Jeremy Vine and Rylan Clark have all publicly denied they are the BBC presenter at the centre of the allegations.
It comes as detectives from the Met confirmed they are “now assessing the information” that they discussed in a virtual meeting with BBC representatives this morning.
The force added that “further enquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed.”
“There is no investigation at this time.”
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