The identity of the suspecnded presenter has invited much speculation. He was not high on my list of possibilities (rightly or wrongly).
Huw Edwards has been named as the suspended BBC presenter
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 17, 2024 8:55 AM |
LONDON — The presenter at the heart of one of the BBC’s biggest crisis in years has been identified as Huw Edwards, a TV broadcaster whose distinctive Welsh lilt has been the voice of some of Britain’s most historic moments and who is now facing allegations that he paid for sexually explicit images from a teenager.
According to a statement released Wednesday on his behalf by his wife, Vicky Flind, the BBC news anchor is “suffering from serious mental health issues” and “is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he’ll stay for the foreseeable future.”
The brief statement did not address in any detail the allegations made against Edwards over the past five days. “Once well enough to do so, he intends to respond to the stories that have been published,” his wife said.
She asked for the media to respect the family’s privacy — and added that Edwards “was first told that there were allegations being made against him last Thursday.”
Edwards is a celebrity news reader and more recognizable on the street than a star footballer. Famous for his measured delivery — old school, even a bit dull, a critic might say — but a voice that is as comforting as a cup of tea. Like the documentarian David Attenborough, Edwards was seen as a kind of national treasure for the national broadcaster, a jewel in the BBC crown.
When the royal family was gathering at the bedside of Queen Elizabeth II, the BBC was determined that it be Edwards who should narrate the announcement of her death. He wasn’t on duty that day, but was tracked down at a barbershop and told to get ready to go on air in his black suit and tie.
Edwards, 61, is now on the other side of a major news story.
Scotland Yard’s Specialist Crime Command said Wednesday that it had concluded an assessment and found no evidence of a crime committed by Edwards.
n Britain, it’s illegal to make or possess sexualized images of anyone under 18.
Following the police statement, the BBC said it would continue its own in-house investigation into the matter.
The case has dominated the U.K. media-sphere for days with a feverish drip, drip, drip of reporting on its various twists and turns. The BBC news has been live-blogging its own scandal.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak weighed in over the weekend — at a point when his spokesman said the British leader did not know the name of the accused — describing the allegations as “shocking" and “concerning.”
Edwards is one of the public network’s highest paid stars. He has been a fixture on British television for decades, a throwback to an earlier age when a trusted voice — a British version of Walter Cronkite — was the calm in the middle of the news storms. (cont.)
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 12, 2023 5:55 PM |
(cont.) It was Edwards who got President Obama’s only U.K. interview in the spring before the Brexit vote. It was Edwards who anchored the royal weddings, the coverage of the queen’s funeral in September and the coronation of King Charles III in May.
And each evening at 10 p.m. — from 2003 until he quietly disappeared this month — he was the silver-haired presence with gravitas in the chair for the BBC’s flagship nightly news program.
The scandal first broke on Friday when the Sun tabloid reported a mother’s accusations that a male BBC presenter — who was initially not identified, but described variously as a “star” and “household name” — sent her child a total of 35,000 pounds ($45,000) for sexual images since 2020, when the young person was 17. The mother blamed the man and the BBC for funding her child’s use of crack cocaine.
The BBC said in a statement on Sunday that it “first became aware of a complaint in May,” but that “new allegations were put to us on Thursday of a different nature.”
On Monday, a lawyer representing the young person issued a denial statement, saying “nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the BBC personality and the allegations reported in the Sun newspaper are rubbish.”
The mother and stepfather stood by their earlier accounts.
On Tuesday, two other young people came forward with complaints about the presenter. One, in their early 20s, told BBC News that the broadcaster had sent them “abusive, expletive-filled messages.” The Sun also reported that a third person, aged 23, claimed the presenter broke lockdown rules to meet them during the covid pandemic.
The fresh claims led to other presenters urging Edwards to come forward — to end all the wild speculation about which BBC figure was behind the scandal.
“These new allegations will result in yet more vitriol being thrown at perfectly innocent colleagues of his. And the BBC, which I’m sure he loves, is on its knees with this,” BBC radio host Jeremy Vine tweeted.
Gone are the days when British newspapers would gleefully name those accused of allegations, without fretting too much about privacy and defamation laws.
The BBC corporation withheld his name, citing privacy protections. Nor did the police when they began to look into the case. In Britain, police often do not name a suspect until they are detained or charged with a crime.
Edwards has previously spoken about his bouts with depression and said that exercise, in particular boxing, helped with his physical and mental well-being. He documented his fitness and weight loss journey on Instagram — on an account that has since been deleted.
“I couldn’t get out of bed. I didn’t want to go to work. I didn’t want to speak to anybody,” he told the Daily Telegraph of his struggles with depression, which he said started in 2002. “And of course, the issue was you have to maintain a public image, that is — you’re a well-known face. Whenever I had to go live on air, I would literally have to tell myself — come on now, you’ll be OK now. You just have to do it, and I just had to push myself in a way.”
It was arguably his report of the late queen’s death that brought him most acclaim. Nearly 10 million people tuned in at 6.30 p.m. when Edwards said that the queen had passed away “peacefully” in Balmoral, Scotland. It was a line he had practiced many times before, reportedly in the bathroom mirror.
Speaking to the Radio Times about that moment, he said: “I was sad … It was the end of an era in British history, the end of a presence that has been with many people throughout their entire lives.”
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 12, 2023 5:57 PM |
His epochal announcement on the air of Elizabeth II's death.
As the story above says, the BBC had to track him down on the street to find him to deliver the news, since they consider him by far their most trusted and beloved news presenter. He is to the BBC what Walter Cronkite was to CBS and David Brinkley was to NBC in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 12, 2023 6:00 PM |
Part two of extensive thread already in progress.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 12, 2023 6:02 PM |
Jesus Christ, ceaseless drama with these fucking Brits.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 12, 2023 6:31 PM |
Can you imagine Mum's reaction when she discovered the indentity?
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 12, 2023 6:33 PM |
What is he accused of? Paying some girls for nudies?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 12, 2023 6:48 PM |
Boys, R7. All that and more in the thread at R4.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 12, 2023 6:59 PM |
I should be clear that I'm using "boys" because you used "girls", by the way.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 12, 2023 7:00 PM |
R8 how do we know the vic was male?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 12, 2023 7:06 PM |
At least he didn't fuck our dog.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 12, 2023 7:13 PM |
£35k for some nudes? Fuck, I would have done it for a fraction and even shown hole!
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 12, 2023 7:21 PM |
I have no idea how to pronounce his first name. I’m in the US.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 12, 2023 7:30 PM |
R13 Hugh - or queue.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 12, 2023 7:34 PM |
How about I say Ewwwwww?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 12, 2023 7:35 PM |
I would have sucked him off for much less than that. Maybe he got turned on by being financially exploited?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 12, 2023 7:39 PM |
Why do these old creeps always go after teenagers? So gross and embarrassing.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 12, 2023 9:06 PM |
He's 61? I thought that guy was in his mid seventies at least.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 12, 2023 9:07 PM |
I feel awful for him.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 12, 2023 9:31 PM |
More clicks for Bezos. Great.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 12, 2023 9:33 PM |
[quote] I have no idea how to pronounce his first name. I’m in the US.
Just like "Hugh."
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 12, 2023 9:33 PM |
r20, [bold]FUCK OFF.[bold]
I do not say that lightly.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 12, 2023 9:34 PM |
"More clicks for _____. Great." is a DL tradition. Stop trying to impose your rules on us, R22.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 12, 2023 9:36 PM |
I feel sorry for him. Has he even done anything illegal? It’s been something of a witch-hunt while politicians such as Boris Johnson get away with murder (quite literally sometimes).
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 12, 2023 9:38 PM |
R20 I second that, fuck off
R23 no it is not a tradition, it didn't start happening until a few weeks ago here and it's fucking annoying and stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 12, 2023 9:42 PM |
We know the kid was male because they are being so careful not to say so.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 12, 2023 9:46 PM |
This thread is useless without pictures.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 12, 2023 10:17 PM |
R26 Not necessarily. I think they're keeping it vague because it's how the UK handles protecting the anonymity of the victim.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 12, 2023 10:21 PM |
^ or "victim."
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 12, 2023 10:21 PM |
[quote]I feel sorry for him. Has he even done anything illegal? It’s been something of a witch-hunt while politicians such as Boris Johnson get away with murder (quite literally sometimes).
LOLOLOL
Boris Johnson resigned a year ago as a result of a story printed by The Sun
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 12, 2023 10:23 PM |
[quote] One, in their early 20s, told BBC News that the broadcaster had sent them “abusive, expletive-filled messages.”
This is what I don't get. So he sees these hot young things and wants to look at their pictures, meet up, fuck - but I keep reading that he's nasty-tempered with them. Why?? Makes me think he's a sociopath who gets off on using and abusing people.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 12, 2023 10:34 PM |
R31 A little background on that: "When the young person hinted online they might name the presenter, they were sent abusive, expletive-filled messages." It wasn't just a random venomous spree. These cherubic "young people" are hardly saints in this story.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 12, 2023 10:39 PM |
Was it a guy???
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 12, 2023 10:41 PM |
The original Sun article mentioned a young man, I believe.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 12, 2023 10:45 PM |
They’re saying that it was someone on Onlyfans. People are saying that he was falsely accused. I don’t know. We’re in a new era of Puritanism and Red Scare.
Douglas Murray called out the ITV4 crap that went on for weeks in Britain with people fuming who didn’t even know what they were fuming about. Douglas points out that people are distracting themselves, getting upset over stupid things because they feel that they can’t change the important things. It’s so frau-centric.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 12, 2023 11:07 PM |
R35
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 12, 2023 11:08 PM |
One of the screenshots from the poor hothouse flowers was of a notification on his homescreen, i.e. the screenshot was taken right when the message from Huw Edwards was received and not at a later date (when things went south, for example). These men were collecting "receipts" and so on from the beginning. Hardly the behaviour of doe-eyed innocents.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 12, 2023 11:26 PM |
Receipts are stupid, right?
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 12, 2023 11:28 PM |
35k is not "paying for pictures". It's being blackmailed.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 12, 2023 11:55 PM |
News companies pay for pictures too. It's all good.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 12, 2023 11:56 PM |
Huw is that? I don’t know huw that is.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 13, 2023 12:08 AM |
[quote] Has he even done anything illegal?
No R24. This story has got a lot of extra mileage because it was a boy (legal age) who was involved.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 13, 2023 1:08 AM |
Except the child porn. That bit’s illegal.
Also broke COVID laws.
Except for COVID and child porn, he’s good.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 13, 2023 1:12 AM |
Huw’s the boss?
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 13, 2023 1:13 AM |
[quote]I have no idea how to pronounce his first name. I’m in the US.
I asked the same thing on the earlier thread and none of the cunty Brits would answer. Still bitter about it!
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 13, 2023 1:25 AM |
[quote]This thread is useless without pictures.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 13, 2023 1:35 AM |
"Buckingham Palace announced.....excuse me, I'll be right back -- SNAP -- the death of her Majesty the Queen"
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 13, 2023 1:47 AM |
Stop posting blatant lies and misinformation R43.
After investigating and interviewing the boy and his family - British Police have repeatedly confirmed that Edwards has done nothing illegal under British law and that the boy was of legal age. The age of consent in the UK is 16 and the boy was 17 when the events initially began to take place. There was absolutely no "child porn" involved at any stage as confirmed by British Police and this keeps being announced by the British authorities.
But you keep on trolling. Bet you'd love to see Edwards commit suicide wouldn't you. The thought of it makes you drool doesn't it...
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 13, 2023 2:14 AM |
R49 Are you sure it's a boy? I haven't seen any reports indicating the gender of the teen (except on DL). The article you posted does use the term "youth" (which tends to be used more often for males), but I haven't read anything that specified that it was a boy.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 13, 2023 2:21 AM |
I’m sure he’s SO embarrassed to be exposed as a poof, but mental illness? Please
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 13, 2023 2:21 AM |
He's spoken about his severe depression long before this story broke.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 13, 2023 2:34 AM |
The teenager is a boy R50.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 13, 2023 2:47 AM |
Shame! Shame! Shame! - All DLers and Fraus projecting their own shame
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 13, 2023 2:53 AM |
Maybe there was no crime, maybe these “victims” are worse than the perp, maybe Jane Q Public is a prude, BUT Huw reacting mainly by being “very angry” is a dick move in my opinion. Even if he feels that way, he should think about the PR. I think he should express his surprise and concern than his payment for sex/pics/etc may have been used by this poor young person to enable his drug addiction. Another approach which might inspire sympathy would be the Tiger Woods defense: "I’m so sorry but I suffer from a ‘sex addiction’ and I’ve talked to my therapists and tried to work on it, but it just hounds me so…"
Instead, he’s "very angry" that these people are tattling on him about him being a big old disgusting lecher? To many people, it’s quite off-putting, even if not a crime, but he doesn’t seem to be willing to admit he’s a creep. And then there’s the covid part, which is ‘I’m holier than thou’ so how dare you call me out on anything? And as Jeremy Vine said, doesn’t he feel bad about the other presenters being accused because he stayed quiet? Doesn’t he feel bad about damaging the BBC’s reputation?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 13, 2023 2:55 AM |
[quote]Maybe there was no crime,
The British Police have repeatedly announced there was no crime and no British laws broken because everyone involved were legal aged adults R55.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 13, 2023 2:58 AM |
Why was he sendings pics of his ass? Is he insane?
A teenager doesn’t want to see that.
If the pics leak, the incredible shame and humiliation will NEVER go away.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 13, 2023 2:59 AM |
R56 - so this is a great guy and nobody should complain about him? You know the source that I'm not supposed to link.
"A current employee said they were left with a 'cold shudder' after receiving messages about their appearance, while an ex-staff member claimed 'late night' texts which included 'kisses' constituted an 'abuse of power' by the newsreader.
Junior staff members told the BBC tonight that the presenter, 61, had sent 'inappropriate messages' to them..."
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 13, 2023 3:07 AM |
R43 Stop posting lies. Go away and educate yourself you brainless idiot.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 13, 2023 5:31 AM |
R58 - could you please point out where I said "so this is a great guy and nobody should complain about him" in my posts? Thanks.
In response to your misinformation posts at R43 and R55 - I specifically posted that the British Police and British authorities have repeatedly stated there was no crime committed by Edwards. No laws were broken and there was no child porn involved because all parties were of legal adult age of consent at the time the incident began.
I did not comment on anything else.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 13, 2023 5:40 AM |
[quote]Why was he sendings pics of his ass? Is he insane? A teenager doesn’t want to see that.
Maybe H.E. was more interested in the attention he got from young men than in the young men themselves. That would explain why he allegedly spent £200 for nothing more than tea and a chat with one of them. It’s a bit sad, really.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 13, 2023 5:41 AM |
Pathetic old queen. And taking the wife and children along for the ride. Cowardly and embarrassing. I don’t totally feel sorry for the wife though- standing by this wrinkly prevent as well as likely wilful ignorance to continue cashing in on that fat check. Just a mess all round.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 13, 2023 5:51 AM |
[quote]I don’t totally feel sorry for the wife though- standing by this wrinkly prevent as well as likely wilful ignorance to continue cashing in on that fat check.
At least she hasn’t claimed that the charges against him are bogus or that when he’s recovered from his breakdown he’ll fight to clear his name. I give her credit for not trying to spin a defense other than that her husband is suffering from mental problems that may have contributed to his bad decisions.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 13, 2023 6:07 AM |
It’s sad that he just didn’t hire a rent boy for the night like a normal person. Talking to teenagers online and sending them money seems reckless and self-sabotage.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 13, 2023 6:08 AM |
The age of consent in the UK is 16, but it is illegal to buy sexual images from anyone under 18, even if they consent. Since the police have declared that no laws were broken, the person(s) he bought the images from must have been at least 18 at the time.
It’s a grubby and unpleasant story and he and his family must be mortified, but it is part of a bigger story which is that the Murdoch media empire in the UK has been campaigning to damage the BBC for decades in the hope of supplanting it. The Sun was never going to turn down a chance to assassinate the character of the BBC’s most trusted news presenter, regardless of whether the story was true.
I imagine the editors are rubbing their hands in glee, and anticipating their next possible scoop: Edwards has been open for years about his mental health battle and suicidal urges.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 13, 2023 6:27 AM |
[quote]The age of consent in the UK is 16, but it is illegal to buy sexual images from anyone under 18, even if they consent. Since the police have declared that no laws were broken, the person(s) he bought the images from must have been at least 18 at the time.
The British Police and British authorities have repeatedly stated there was no crime committed by Edwards. No laws were broken and there was no child porn involved because all parties were of legal adult age of consent at the time the incident began R66. How many more times are you going to post this misinformation?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 13, 2023 6:36 AM |
Fuck the Sun, and fuck the nasty people who buy, read, and link it.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 13, 2023 6:39 AM |
[quote] How many more times are you going to post this misinformation?
R67, my post at r66 is the first one I made on this thread, and I suggest you try to read it again, with your eyes open and brain engaged, because it contains no misinformation at all. I accurately explained the law and the reason why Edwards has been deemed not to have committed an illegal act.
I posted because someone upthread insinuated that the “young person” was 17 when they provided pictures, and I wanted to show that the police investigation outcome disproves that. - The “young person” was at least 18.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 13, 2023 6:47 AM |
Yes R68. Seems they have been lying as usual and got caught out in a big way. Of course The Sun newspaper is wholly owned by Murdoch's News Corp and we all know what that means.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 13, 2023 6:47 AM |
And don't forget that ginger terror spouse a user Rebekah Brooks.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 13, 2023 6:49 AM |
He seems like a creepy old man, with terrible judgement. No sympathy.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 13, 2023 6:51 AM |
R43 is a woman. Possibly even a visitor from Tattle, where one of yesterday's most-liked posts exhorted everyone to remember that Edwards had paid for "child porn".
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 13, 2023 7:18 AM |
[quote] Except the child porn.
What child porn?
by Anonymous | reply 74 | July 13, 2023 7:29 AM |
There is no child porn. If there was, the police wouldn't have ended their investigation. This is simply a closeted man doing crazy shit closeted men do. What's dangerous is that sheeple think that what closeted men do is what all gay men do.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 13, 2023 7:36 AM |
R57 How do you know that a teenager doesn’t want to see an older man’s backside? Plenty of young guys are into older and vice versa.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 13, 2023 7:43 AM |
This is the same level of scandal event that happened to Dan Rather. Career ending.
Edwards is the main face of the BBC and is well-liked and respected. He has always been squeaky clean. He's a devout Christian and the VP of the National Churches Trust. He's been with the BBC since 1984.
He's an absolute bellend. I can't think of many more stupid choices to make. Terrible judgement as R72 says.
I hope he's on suicide watch because that's a high possibility.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 13, 2023 8:08 AM |
[quote]He's a devout Christian
That's a turnoff. That makes him sound like an American right-winger.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 13, 2023 8:11 AM |
How was Dan Ratner scandalous on this stage, r77? Was Rather on suicide watch after he was maliciously maligned?
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 13, 2023 8:45 AM |
R78 I think it’s likely that he had attempted suicide, or seen as a very high risk, hence his admission to a mental health facility.
I know that this was their own doing and that they were stupid, but the level of attention that Huw and Schofield are experiencing must be horrendous. Schofield was at high risk of suicide for sure, that’s why his daughters wouldn’t leave his side. And of course we know what happened with Caroline Flack.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 13, 2023 9:01 AM |
So the Sun has 2 recent prominent scalps: Boris Johnson and Huw Edwards.
Who's next?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 13, 2023 11:09 AM |
Yes r76 just keep telling yourself that, gramps — teens crave your wrinkly, sagging bottom!
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 13, 2023 11:18 AM |
Looks like this is the year of bisexual British nonces.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 13, 2023 11:49 AM |
R83 I don’t support Huw or anyone chatting up teenagers but I definitely wouldn’t have turned down an ass pic from him at that age 😳
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 13, 2023 12:05 PM |
A sad waste of a well hung daddy.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 13, 2023 1:42 PM |
R83 You keep on living in you own tiny little world, were everything revolves around you and what you like.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 13, 2023 2:36 PM |
I'm 29 and would definitely have swiped right on Huw.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 13, 2023 3:03 PM |
I’m Charmin and would definitely have swiped right in Huw.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 13, 2023 4:12 PM |
[quote] “If you know this stuff about a colleague, why isn’t your first duty to then go to HR or a senior manager … rather than turning it into a news story [as Victoria Derbyshire was doing],” Emily Maitlis said.
Cat fight!!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 13, 2023 4:33 PM |
Emily Maitlis, a journalist who is having a film made about her role in a scandal involving a high profile man who liked the company of teenagers, is criticising a journalist who has been looking into accusations against a high profile man who likes the company of teenagers.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 13, 2023 4:36 PM |
Taking nudes with your face in them is bold. Huw was ready for that twink cock.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 13, 2023 4:48 PM |
I am Huw.
Stop saying that!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 13, 2023 5:07 PM |
And to think all the pearl clutchers were adamant the trousers round ankles pic was not just a photoshop but a BAD photoshop
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 13, 2023 5:11 PM |
Does Huw know Ian (Een)?
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 13, 2023 5:26 PM |
Well who could believe he could take such a shitty picture, r95? Also, this suggests that he's bi-leaning straight.
No gay taking a picture for that purpose would fail to capture at least a glimpse of hole.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 13, 2023 5:27 PM |
Speaking of hole,.looks like old Huw loves up to the straight -married-insatiable-bottom stereotype.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 13, 2023 5:38 PM |
Isn’t “Huw” how a toddler might spell the name “Hugh”? Just a random thought. As you were.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 13, 2023 5:47 PM |
It’s a perfectly respectable Welsh spelling.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 13, 2023 6:09 PM |
I anxiously await the cock shots.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 13, 2023 6:11 PM |
I had a raging case of gerontophilia from about 16 to 30 (it’s interesting how some kinks gradually fade) and would have quite happily launched myself at Huw Edwards from a height. It’s not entirely gone, even today, and I sometimes find myself having fantasies about Matt Frei, even with the tubbiness.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 13, 2023 6:12 PM |
[quote] Isn’t “Huw” how a toddler might spell the name “Hugh”? Just a random thought.
But a stupid one.
Why would someone Welsh spell his name the English/French way?
by Anonymous | reply 103 | July 13, 2023 6:46 PM |
"I anxiously await the cock shots."
Wait forever. A bottom never shows his clit.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | July 13, 2023 10:34 PM |
Private Eye has some good info. Basically, The Sun was talking bullshit, fabricating crap and straight up lying.
Huw first met the young man when the latter was 18. He did apparently give the young man over £30,000 but there's nothing about it being used for drugs. More at link.
[quote]The Eye has seen details of the complaint made by the stepfather of the young man at the centre of the initial story when he presented himself at the front desk of the BBC's office in Cardiff on 18 May. It specified that Edwards had first met him when he was 18 and there was no mention of photographs being exchanged, or any contact at all, prior to this age.
[quote]The stepfather also said the family had already contacted South Wales Police to report what was going on, but that the force had already told them nothing illegal appeared to have occurred. Although an amount of more than £30,000 exchanging hands was mentioned, there was no mention of it being used to buy drugs.
[quote]By the time the family's account appeared on the front page of the Sun on 8 July, however, it had become "giving the teen more than £35,000 since they were 17 in return for sordid images", and, inside, the even more loaded phrase "paid her crack-addicted child for sexual images".
[quote]Despite quoting former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal on 9 July pointing out this was a potential criminal offence, and saying "the police should have been engaged... that should have been done weeks ago", running the headline "AT LAST BBC CALLS IN THE COPS" on 10 July, and carrying full details of the Protection of Children Act on 11 July, it was not until 12 July that the paper managed to admit, seven paragraphs into the sixth page of that day's coverage, that "separately it was confirmed that that the parents of the youngster struggling with drug issues first contacted a separate police force in April".
[quote]The Sun cited "Sky News reports" for this information – but in the lengthy self-justification that senior reporter Scarlet Howes penned two days later, after Edwards' identity had been confirmed and his hospitalisation with mental health problems revealed, she admitted the parents had told her "a fortnight ago" that they "went to their local police" and it was only when "they told them in April there was nothing they could do, they then turned to report it to the BBC".
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 28, 2023 8:32 PM |
It would be extraordinary if Huw Edwards returns to his job, but it’s not out of the question. There’s still a great deal of sympathy for him and the Sun’s hypocrisy is widely despised.
He’s a very good broadcaster and still has supporters inside and outside the BBC. If his name is cleared, he should make a point of returning to work, even if just for a short time! Just to highlight that he has not been sacked and has not committed any offence.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 28, 2023 9:12 PM |
Reading the Private Eye story, The Sun misreported what the parents told the BBC when they complained about Edwards.
They complained about a 61 year old man giving their 20 year old son £30k since he was 18. They didn’t complain about a 61 year old man giving their 20 year old drug addicted son £30k since he was 18 for sex pics, some of which might have been taken when he was 17.
The BBC ‘not acting on a complaint’ opened the door to the sordid allegations of teenagers, cash and webcam sex.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 28, 2023 9:43 PM |
R107, the young man is legally an adult. Why on earth would the BBC "act on a complaint" made by a third party about legal behaviour between two consenting adults? The young man himself has made it clear that he has no complaint to make against Huw Edwards.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 28, 2023 10:47 PM |
R108, have you ever heard of Tim Westwood?
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 29, 2023 8:19 AM |
Wondering if this is a bit of homophobic propaganda. All these assholes seems to see how much they can get away with these days.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 29, 2023 8:31 AM |
R109, have you heard of the fact that not even the parents of this adult alleged any assault, that two police forces found no evidence of any illegal activities, and that the young man himself called the allegations rubbish?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 29, 2023 8:58 AM |
Huw Edwards is set to leave his role as the face of BBC News following an internal inquiry into his conduct, BBC insiders have told i.
The News at Ten and Election night presenter has been suspended since July, after being accused of paying for explicit images.
A BBC “fact-finding” investigation examined the allegations, as well as claims reported on Newsnight that Edwards sent inappropriate messages to BBC staff.
The results of the investigation have been shown to Edwards, 62, who is in discussion over his future with BBC managers, i has learnt.
The exact findings are still unclear and Edwards insists he has never done anything illegal.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | November 24, 2023 5:21 PM |
Justice for Huw's huge cock!
by Anonymous | reply 113 | November 24, 2023 5:34 PM |
And for his bulbous buttocks! Who can forget?
by Anonymous | reply 114 | November 24, 2023 6:14 PM |
Huw Edwards resigned from the BBC on the advice of his doctors.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | April 22, 2024 3:14 PM |
More on Huw and his bizarre "relationship" with a 41 year old woman in Tunbridge Wells.
This doesn't sound good at all
[quote]The presenter, 62, was told of the woman’s 2021 complaint “within hours” by one of his managers at the BBC. The woman retracted her complaint after she was contacted by Edwards. His lawyers said he was unable to comment on these “unsubstantiated” allegations.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | April 28, 2024 10:17 AM |
I can't figure out what's going on between Huw and that woman. Threats of some kind?
by Anonymous | reply 117 | April 29, 2024 7:42 AM |
She probably sent him stupid DMs and he responded.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | April 29, 2024 8:57 AM |
Seems like R74 was a bit psychic.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 29, 2024 3:23 PM |
R75 had his finger on the pulse
[quote]There is no child porn. If there was, the police wouldn't have ended their investigation. This is simply a closeted man doing crazy shit closeted men do. What's dangerous is that sheeple think that what closeted men do is what all gay men do.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | July 29, 2024 3:24 PM |
I doubt it was a "child" involved but it was most definitely a jailbait scenario....
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 29, 2024 3:30 PM |
Has he been removed from the sucession?
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 29, 2024 3:35 PM |
From the BBC story about the charge:
[quote]Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. The offences, which are alleged to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat. Edwards was arrested on 8 November 2023. He was charged on Wednesday, 26 June following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service.
From the Guardian's coverage of The Sun scandal
[quote]Edwards has not made any public statement since he was named as the BBC presenter accused of a string of allegations, including paying a 17-year-old for sexually explicit photos for several years since 2020.
From the CPS website
[quote]A child is a person under 18 (s.7(6) of the PCA) and the age of a child is a finding of fact for the jury to determine. Expert evidence is inadmissible on the subject as it is not a subject requiring the assistance of experts (R v Land [1998] 1 Cr. App. R. 301).
I expect that the people who attacked The Sun, the parents of the young drug addict will now be insisting it's perfectly normal to keep naked photos of 17 year olds, or even anyone aged 16.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 29, 2024 3:37 PM |
Interestingly the BBC's tweet about story had comments turned off.
Victoria Derbyshire has tweeted the story and left comments open. That's the Victoria Derbyshire who was asking her own questions about the conduct of Edwards at the BBC and attacked by her colleagues for it.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 29, 2024 3:48 PM |
Is an month gap between being arrested and charged normal in the UK?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 29, 2024 3:59 PM |
[quote]Is an month gap between being arrested and charged normal in the UK?
He was arrested in November 2023 and charged in June - a month ago.
It's not uncommon for there to be a gap between being arrested and charged but I can't think of many cases where a high profile figure being charged with a serious crime was not publicised until a month later.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 29, 2024 4:05 PM |
This raises so many questions
by Anonymous | reply 128 | July 29, 2024 4:21 PM |
OMG R42 and R49 is Akhmed Yakoob !!
[quote]After investigating and interviewing the boy and his family - British Police have repeatedly confirmed that Edwards has done nothing illegal under British law and that the boy was of legal age. The age of consent in the UK is 16 and the boy was 17 when the events initially began to take place. There was absolutely no "child porn" involved at any stage as confirmed by British Police and this keeps being announced by the British authorities.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 29, 2024 4:30 PM |
And it is hilarious in a way that people were so angry about the way The Sun and GB News covered the Huw story they decided to go after the repulsive Dan Wootton, who has not (yet) been charged with any criminal offences and who has received apologies and damages from The Guardian and Mirror.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | July 29, 2024 6:03 PM |
Huw’s appearance at court doesn’t have the same iconic appeal as Nigella.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | July 31, 2024 8:42 AM |
Guilty!
by Anonymous | reply 133 | July 31, 2024 9:24 AM |
This new article gives a better perspective of what happened. He was exchanging WhatsApp messages with another guy who was sending him porn pictures. Some of those were underage, Huw asked him to not send any under age pics.
If someone sent you a pic of an underage child in a message, just by opening the message you are seen as making an image, which makes it sound like you took the actual picture.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | July 31, 2024 9:51 AM |
R134 you have a charitable view of Edwards
[quote]The category A images - the most serious kind - were mostly of children aged 13 to 15, the court heard.
[quote]But there were two moving images of a young child, possibly aged between seven and nine years old, according to prosecutors.
7 images were of the most serious kind.
If I was having horny chats with someone and they sent me pictures of children I wouldn’t say ‘please don’t send me any more’ I’d block the fucker and report him to the police.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | July 31, 2024 9:59 AM |
Oh no, as well as losing his career, reputation and marriage Huw may end up losing his Eisteddfod title!
by Anonymous | reply 136 | July 31, 2024 3:55 PM |
It keeps getting worse.
The man who sent Edwards the child abuse Images is a convicted paedophile.
And the BBC knew in November that Edwards had been charged but carried on paying him.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | July 31, 2024 5:29 PM |
So the police investigation that nobbled Edwards as a paedo was not linked to The Sun's story.
A paedo had been arrested and they went through his phone and found the messages to Edwards. The paedo originally messaged Edwards "through social media".
The Sun have re interviewed the mother who made the original complaint to the BBC about underage photos.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | July 31, 2024 8:41 PM |
Holy shit he was ravenous, on a binge of sorts, with regard for nothing but his own cock…and maybe the pomp of British pageantry.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | August 1, 2024 2:51 PM |
A Freebie stay in a 5 star hotel? With an onscreen personality?
Who wouldn’t turn that down? (Said sarcastically)
by Anonymous | reply 141 | August 1, 2024 3:04 PM |
GQ’s Dylan Jones shares his experiences of Huw.
As a closeted gay man of a certain age he got a lot of attention via social media when he did the boxing photo shoots. The thrill of the chase with younger men, the knowledge that he would be protected by his media friends when people gossiped about him and a general haughtiness was a toxic combination.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | August 1, 2024 3:10 PM |
After discussions about the fitness journey with Dylan Jones in 2018 the fitness transformation article got published by.......... The BBC with photos from.......Huw Edwards's instagram account!
by Anonymous | reply 143 | August 1, 2024 5:43 PM |
The Daily Mirror - fierce rivals of The Sun - have interviewed the young man at the centre of the original story who admits he lied to protect Edwards and that the £35k sum of money is correct.
[quote]Six months ago, talking alongside his dad, the man said: “I told [Edwards] about my troubled home life, and he felt really bad for me. I told him how I struggled with depression, and was in a really dark place.” He added they only exchanged flirty messages, and nothing considered sexual. But when the man sat down with the Mirror again recently, he admitted that wasn't the case. He said: “Looking back, I was trying to protect Huw to some degree.” He added: “I think I was deeply manipulated into thinking he wasn't a bad guy. I was so blind to what he was doing to me. Like I just feel like I've been taken pure advantage of.
He mentions how Edwards discussed him leaving the country and was sending him cash to pay the heavy luggage fine but what isn't mentioned is whether Edwards paid him for webcam sex.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | August 3, 2024 11:04 AM |
[quote] and was sending him cash to pay the heavy luggage fine
A £35k luggage fine? Not unless you're caught moving cocaine hidden in Faberge eggs.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | August 3, 2024 11:19 AM |
Wealthy American actors use ruthless Fixers to bury the stories of their romps gone wrong...
by Anonymous | reply 146 | August 3, 2024 11:45 AM |
Less wealthy British newsreaders use their employers to bury the stories of their romps gone wrong...
Only difference is that the British newsreaders don't have to pay tons of cash - instead, they actually get paid.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | August 3, 2024 11:52 AM |
What a sad waste of great talent. Sky News commentator Alastair Bruce’s voice isn’t as alluring as Huw’s, and he is a bit of a real-life royal sycophant/aristocrat, but at least he’s never had any scandals, and now lives openly and honestly with his husband. Plus he added lots of historical accuracy and a bit of camp to Downton.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | August 3, 2024 12:05 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 149 | August 17, 2024 8:46 AM |
In the same way I have no sympathy for Edwards who carried on chatting to a paedophile after being sent illegal indecent photos of young children, I have no sympathy for this man.
He's 27, he's having horny chats with a closeted celebrity, he's being taken out for drinks at expensive venues, he's told that Edwards wants to "sexually assault him" him, he carries on with their "date" and Edwards tries to have sex with him by wanking him off.
Sorry but that doesn't meet my threshold of "assault".
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 17, 2024 8:55 AM |