British detectives say they have met with representatives of the BBC over allegations that a leading presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. But police say they have not opened a criminal investigation, and a lawyer for the young person denies anything inappropriate happened. The U.K.’s publicly funded national broadcaster has suspended the male star, who has not been named, over allegations he gave a youth 35,000 pounds starting in 2020 when the young person was 17. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Monday it is making enquiries “to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed.” A lawyer for the young person tells the BBC that “nothing inappropriate or unlawful” took place.
