No police investigation into BBC presenter yet, Met says
Scotland Yard has just released the following statement, saying it will investigate"malicious communications" regarding online speculation surrounding a suspended BBC presenter. "This information, when it comes out, will be potentially career-ending, it could be criminal, it could be the end of this person's freedom," Alan Rusbridger told Sky News.
He told Today on Radio 4:"We're on day three of this story, it has been the front page of The Sun for the last three days and they still have not named the presenter." High-profile presenter Eamonn Holmes has questioned why the BBC has not named the presenter at the centre of the allegations, saying the corporation is"prolonging the inevitable". "I'm not sure whose purpose that serves because sure as heck, that name will be out in the next couple of days.He added:"The Sun newspaper has a direct relationship with the family involved so they know everything that is going on.
Persephone Bridgman Baker, a partner at Carter-Ruck, told Sky News the difficulty lies in balancing a number of factors, including the needs of the victim, employment law, privacy rules and public interest.