This aged well.
Huw Edwards | Charged with making indecent images of children
- Thread starter Sparky Rhiwabon
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This aged well.
If you parse the language carefully you can deduce that some of it might have been true but not deemed inappropriate. And some of it is said to have been made up - specifically the illegal bits. Which of course the Sun required in order to publish as a public interest defence against breach of privacy.
On that basis nobody should be naming the presenter as he has done nothing wrong in the eyes of the law. The torch wielding mob of meddlesome ratbags and BBC haters can stand down for the moment. Till the next twist anyway.
feck. Open goal. Better not.
Are we thinking it may be the case that it is the BBC presenter who is paying the lawyers then?
Seems possible, no?
The Sun newspaper is a stain on the country.
That aged well
You should call that 20 year old a crack head a few dozen more times
Vindicated mate. You were the only one here saying this could be bullshit.
He has multiple posts in here saying the Sun can't be trusted.
If the mum was paid large sums of money to invent/embellish a story then the Sun might be in considerable legal trouble
Wonder if the Sun double down with another front page splash or act like nothing happened and report on some other bollocks that fits the agenda.
They've run a story from the mother and step father standing by the allegations
Honestly I think the consensual adult stuff could be true. It's just not a story without the illegality.
That part is fine, this is libcafe. But I don’t see how he was vindicated, posters were speculating on both sides.
The only ones who have been vindicated at this point are the sexy beasts who didn’t take the side of the BBC nonce or the extorting crack head, and we’ll eventually be wrong too
The 17-20 year old getting expensive lawyers to refute The Sun's reporting does not really strike me as the 'nothing to see here, just the press creating a story out of nothing' situation that a lot of people now seem to be talking as if it is.
If there is anything to this, possibly the mum is upset about the relationship, perhaps more a male escort thing since turning 18 with those type of payments and not really anyone's business?
It's on...
BBC are saying the lawyer also said the kid is estranged from his mother. I don’t quite get why they’ve gone to the Sun newspaper and not the police if something illegal has occurred…and if nothing illegal has occurred I don’t know why I’m supposed to give two flying fecks.
10 O'Clock news coming on in a minute…
Huh, there’s a new presenter? Since when did that happen?
Is holly presenting?
Why? Taking a stance either side is equally idiotic is it not?
BBC now have no choice but to confirm the identity tomorrow. The last few minutes has just confirmed with 100% certainty who it is.
Rumoured that the paper reached out to the individual and knew they refuted the version of events their parents told them. Delay in response was because they needed to secure legal representation before formally responding. But they ran it anyway.
If the Sun knew the alleged victim didn't support the story before they ran it, which presumably they did reach out to them before running it, then they're fecked.
If the Sun knew the alleged victim didn't support the story before they ran it, which presumably they did reach out to them before running it, then they're fecked.
Must be the highest ratings BBC news have had in ages tonight 
The cheek of the guy
Aye. I mean, I’ve not really followed this story, but this kid seems to be publicly working from a very different playbook than most 20 year old addicts.
I don’t think that is rumoured. The BBC article quotes the lawyer saying they informed the Sun before the article was published that they denied the story. It also further updated that the parents are estranged. The Sun article today says the lawyer states nothing unlawful has occurred. The police also agree:
Why what's happened the last few mins
What if this 20 year old crackhead is a celebrity?
BBC news at 10.
Yeah I think they have already done that by dropping said presenter.
I’m not really sure what’s going on here, well, no one is, but I really hope the Sun get fecking buried and go the way of NoTW