Did veteran BBC anchor Huw Edwards pay teenagers for sex photos? | World news
There is no evidence to show that BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards who allegedly paid a young man for sexual photographs has committed a crime, London police said. No further action will be taken against him, the police said after speaking to the alleged victim and the person’s family. This comes after Huw Edwards’ wife revealed that the investigator has not been named for a week since The Sun newspaper reported that the investigator had been allowed to appear on air even after the mother complained to the BBC in June that 35,000 for the youth to start 2020.
“Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command have now completed their assessment and have determined that there is no evidence to suggest that a criminal offense has been committed,” police said.
Vicky Flind, Huw Edward’s wife, told her husband after the allegations that after “an extremely difficult five days for our family” she was naming him “mainly for his mental well-being and to protect our children.”
He has been hospitalized with serious mental health issues, he said, adding, “The events of the past few days have worsened several issues, he has suffered another serious episode and is receiving home care. patient care is now where it will be for the foreseeable future.”
Who is BBC journalist Huw Edwards?
Huw Edwards, 61, is one of the UK’s best-known news broadcasters. He is the host of the BBC’s evening news and the face of its election campaign. He also directed the BBC’s coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September and has an annual salary of less than 435,000 pounds.
In the 2021 documentary, it was revealed that depression had left him bedridden for over two years.
Scandals at the BBC
The incident comes less than two months after the BBC faced its own scandal when Phillip Schofield, the long-time host, quit in May, after admitting he had lied about an affair with a much younger colleague.