Claims about BBC presenter are rubbish, says young person at centre of scandal

Lawyer for young person denies mother's allegations to the Sun, saying nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place'

The young person at the centre of a scandal over a BBC presenter reportedly paying for explicit pictures has issued a statement in which they claimed the key allegations are rubbish".

A prominent male BBC presenter was suspended at the weekend after allegations he spent 35,000 buying explicit images from the young person, who was allegedly 17 years old when they started talking online.