Lucy Manning
BBC News special correspondent

As the star faces serious questions about their conduct, so does the organisation itself.

There already accusations that since May - when it's claimed the teenager's family first complained - the BBC hasn't handled the investigation into the unnamed presenter properly.

Who carried it out? How did they try and contact the family who complained?

What steps did they take to question the presenter and to investigate further?

Who in the BBC knew about the accusations?

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Lucy Manning
BBC News special correspondent

For director general Tim Davie, the allegations against the BBC presenter represent another high-profile crisis to grapple with this year alone.

In March, he was embroiled in an impartiality row with Gary Lineker and in April, Richard Sharp resigned as BBC chairman after a report into his appointment found he had "failed to disclose potential perceived conflicts of interest", including his involvement in the facilitation of an £800,000 loan for then-prime minister Boris Johnson.

Now in July, Davie has to get a grip on another scandal that has the potential to severely dent the corporation's reputation.

As well as Priti Patel - mentioned in our post below - two other senior political figures commented on the allegations on this morning’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told the corporation to "get its house in order", while Tory minister Victoria Atkins called for swift action.

Reeves said that if reports were true and the presenter had remained on air for weeks after the complaint was made, "that's not good enough".

"The BBC need to speed up their processes," she said, while calling for the BBC to give "greater clarity now to what on Earth has gone on in this case, and what they're doing to try and put it right".

Conservative minister Victoria Atkins described the claims as "very, very serious", saying the BBC must act "swiftly" while following the procedures "it says it has in place".

She also said that at the heart of this matter is a "young person... who will be feeling all sorts of emotions", urging people to consider them when talking or reporting on it.

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Former home secretary Priti Patel has said the BBC's response to the allegations against a BBC presenter has been "derisory".

Writing on Twitter on Saturday, external, she called for a "full and transparent investigation", accusing the corporation of becoming a "faceless and unaccountable organisation".

The Sun said the young person's family complained to the BBC on 19 May.

The family is reported to have become frustrated that the star remained on air and approached the newspaper, but said they wanted no payment for the story.

A BBC spokesperson said on Friday: "We treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them.

"As part of that, if we receive information that requires further investigation or examination we will take steps to do this. That includes actively attempting to speak to those who have contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation.

"If we get no reply to our attempts or receive no further contact that can limit our ability to progress things but it does not mean our enquiries stop.

"If, at any point, new information comes to light or is provided - including via newspapers - this will be acted upon appropriately, in line with internal processes."

The BBC has not said anything further about the allegations since its statement on Friday.

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The Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has spoken to the BBC‘s director general following the reports alleging that an unnamed BBC presenter paid thousands of pounds to a teenager for sexually explicit images.

"I have spoken to BBC Director General Tim Davie about the deeply concerning allegations involving one of its presenters. He has assured me the BBC are investigating swiftly and sensitively,” she wrote in a tweet.

She added: "Given the nature of the allegations it is important that the BBC is now given the space to conduct its investigation, establish the facts and take appropriate action. I will be kept updated."

An unnamed BBC presenter is facing fresh allegations by the Sun newspaper after it claimed he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos.

The star was pictured in his underwear "ready for my child to perform for him", their mother told the paper, external.

It is unclear how old the young person was at the time, but the paper has claimed they were 17 when payments from the presenter started.

The BBC has said it takes any allegations very seriously.

The presenter is not due to be on air in the near future, but BBC News has not been told whether or not there has been a formal suspension.

You can read more in our news story here.

Heather Sharp
Live reporter

Hello, you join us as an unnamed BBC presenter faces allegations of paying a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos.

The allegations, first reported by the Sun on Friday, external, are that the presenter paid £35,000 for the photos over a three-year period.

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has held urgent talks with the BBC’s director general Tim Davie, and says he assured her the BBC is investigating “swiftly and sensitively”.

The BBC has said it takes any allegations very seriously and has "processes in place to proactively deal with them".

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