Top female BBC star showed 'd*** pic' to junior member of staff in latest disgrace to hit broadcaster

Daily Mail​

7 days ago

A female BBC star allegedly showed an explicit picture to a junior member of staff in the latest controversy to hit the broadcaster.
Bosses have hauled the top talent in for discussions about the incident and made her apologise for the unsolicited 'd*** pic'.
It is believed the woman is ranked in the Corporation's top 50 earners this year.
She apparently asked a stunned junior employee about her preferences before brandishing the unwanted nude image, the identity of which is unknown.
The story is thought to have been kept secret for some time, remaining the subject of gossip within the BBC's offices.
A source told The Sun: 'As soon as the name of this woman - and details of her bad behaviour - are unleashed, it will derail entire departments and mark the first female to be formally swept up into the BBC's wrongdoing roll call.
'It was meant to be jokey, locker-room type banter, but the woman was completely horrified and cried about it.
'No one minds a bit of office banter, but this was on another level. She felt like it was an intentionally shocking move to intimidate, veiled as a joke. It was way too much.'
It's the latest saga to strike the BBC, after MasterChef star John Torode was sacked from the show for allegedly using the N-word on set and directing it towards a member of staff.
The Australian-born chef, 59, lost his job at MasterChef after two decades over allegations that he used the N-word, which he claims to have 'absolutely no recollection' of.
The BBC said last month that Torode's contract would not be renewed after a report found he had used an 'extremely offensive racist term' following a complaint from a member of staff.
It has been previously reported that the presenter, who also hosts a cookery show with his wife Lisa Faulkner on ITV, used the N-word while singing along to a Kanye West song during a wrap party in 2019.
But BBC News has since reported this was not the incident which led to the complaint upheld by the report.
This instead related to another incident a year earlier, when he allegedly used the same word on set after filming an episode of Masterchef and it was directed at a member of staff.
The news site added that the upheld allegation of racist language was one of nine complaints made against Torode in the report, which also related to allegations of abusive language towards junior production staff and sexual language, and which were not upheld.