In a statement from NewsUK, the media organisation have outlined their stance on reporting about BBC News anchor Huw Edwards.
Following the announcement yesterday that it was Edwards behind the headlines, as issued in a statement by his wife, the tabloid newspaper has responded.
NewsUK / The Sun statement:
“These allegations published by The Sun were always very serious, further serious allegations have emerged in the past few days. It is right the BBC’s corporate investigations team continues to investigate these thoroughly and deals with them in the way they think is appropriate.
“The Sun will cooperate with the BBC’s internal investigation process, we will provide the BBC team with a confidential and redacted dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations which we have received – including some from BBC personnel. The Sun has no plans to publish further allegations.
“We must also re-emphasis that The Sun at no point in our original story alleged criminality, and also took the decision neither to name Mr Edwards nor the young person involved in the allegations. Suggestions about possible criminality were first made at a later date by other media outlets including the BBC.
“From the outset we, The Sun, have reported a story about two very concerned and frustrated parents who made a complaint to the BBC about the behaviour of a presenter and payments from him that fuelled [the young man’s] drug habit. We reported that the parents have already been to the police who said that they couldn’t help. The parents then made a complaint to the BBC which was not acted on. It is now up to the BBC to investigate.”
Allegations towards Edwards has been made by a number of ‘young men’ according to various news reports, with last evening the BBC confirming three new allegations have been raised by three people, two who still work at the BBC, about Edwards conduct towards them.
The Met Police also yesterday confirmed that they, as the situation currently stands, have no cause to begin any legal actions.
