BBC bosses in crisis talks over presenter sleaze scandal

BBC bosses panicking over claims that one of its biggest stars paid a vulnerable teenager £35,000 for sexual images held crisis talks last night as questions over their 'derisory' investigations grew. The presenter at the heart of the investigation has reportedly been taken off air Last night, former Home Secretary Priti Patel called the broadcaster's treatment of the complaint 'derisory' The sleaze scandal will heap pressure on BBC Director-General Tim Davie, who is set to face the press at the corporation's annual report on Tuesday And as panicking executives held crisis meetings, some presenters, including Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker and Radio 2's Jeremy Vine, felt compelled to publicly distance themselves from the allegations. As panicking executives held crisis meetings, some presenters, including Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker felt compelled to distance themselves from the allegations Jeremy Vine has also distanced himself from the allegations yesterday Rylan Clark also earlier took to social media to clear his name amid reports that a top BBC star paid a vulnerable teenager £35,000 for sexual pictures The alleged victim's mother told The Sun: 'I blame this BBC man for destroying my child's life – taking my child's innocence and handing over the money for crack cocaine that could kill my child. Radio 5 Live host Nicky Campbell yesterday said he had reported a social media user for wrongly accusing him of being the man at the centre of the story A formal complaint was made to the BBC by the family two months ago, begging bosses to stop the behaviour towards their child, now 20 She continued: 'The money had been in exchange for sexually explicit photographs of my child.'