FlaxBBC News - BBC: Claims about presenter 'rubbish' - young person's lawyer
HumanPenguinHmm. Have to admit. From the begining I questioned why the BBC seemed to be the target.
If the star broke the law. (And paying a 17yo for explicit pic def is). Hen why the hell are the parents not calling the police.
If its not illegal then as scummy as it may be. Its all consensual adul0ts make a choice.
As bad as I feel for younger people taken advantage of by older. The reason we have the 19 law. Is 18yp ha e a right to make theor own choice. Good or bad ones.
No other employer would have the right or expectation to address a member of staff following the law. And the police would be involved if its a crime. So why an attack on the BBC rather then a call to the police.
Hogger85bMany other professions have a "disrepute" law that while legal can get you struck off
And most don’t. Those that do. The actions tend to have to be related to the professional status of the person.
IE if he was the guys therapist teacher or even a manager etc.
Heck if the teenager worked for the BBC in some way. Or had been interviewed. Fine the BBC would be seen as having some responsibility.
But this is no different to testcos being asked to investigate a warehouse worker. Because he/she met an 18yo in a pub and partook of consensual, acts.