BBC Presenter Who Paid Teen Over 35,000 Pounds For Explicit Photos Suspended

The young person's mother said that an unnamed BBC presenter paid her child more than £35,000 ($45,000) for the images over a three-year period.

The BBC said Sunday it had contacted the authorities and suspended a presenter following allegations that he had paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos.

UK culture minister Lucy Frazer said earlier she had spoken about the "deeply concerning" allegations with BBC Director General Tim Davie, who assured her the BBC is "investigating swiftly and sensitively".

The Sun newspaper, which first reported the claims, cited the young person's mother as saying that an unnamed BBC presenter paid her child more than £35,000 ($45,000) for the images over a three-year period.