Huw Edwards' victim slams BBC ‘cover up' after it emerged bosses were warned about sick paedo presenter back in 2012
A VICTIM of disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards has lashed out at the BBC after it emerged bosses were warned of his behaviour as far back as 2012.
Heavily redacted emails have shown they received a complaint about the ex-
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at Ten host, 63, amid the fallout over the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
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A Huw Edwards victim has slammed the BBC after claims bosses were warned about him in 2012
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The BBC had labelled the 2012 complaint against Edwards as 'non-high-risk actions'
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It also emerged execs were forced to keep a spreadsheet on their scandal-hit stars as they were so deluged by grievances.
Edwards was sentenced last year to
But emails show that an hour before his sentencing, a message was sent to BBC director-general Tim Davie from an ex-Beeb employee revealing a complaint had been made about Edwards' conduct in 2012.
The author warned it was 'an area of potential risk to the corporation' but 'not necessarily a criminal allegation'.
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They wrote the complaint was 'most likely listed under the so-called 'C-List' if it's anywhere'.
That is a reference to a spreadsheet of claims against BBC presenters created after
The C category was for 'non-high-risk actions' — cases which are not necessarily criminal, but included allegations of bullying and harassment.
Davie replied three minutes later saying his team was 'looking into all the past allegations'.
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A TV producer who was harassed by Edwards urged BBC bosses to finally 'come clean' on the scandal.
Edwards begged to meet him during lockdown and even invited him to his BBC-funded Windsor hotel at
Prince
Philip's
funeral
in April 2021.
BBC failed to tackle 'unacceptable' stars' behaviour - as Huw Edwards victim's family called report 'too little too late'
He told The Sun: 'These emails show the BBC has been mounting a full-scale covert operation to keep the details under wraps.
'The BBC has never wanted the truth to come out and people have had to push very hard for it to do so. But now BBC bosses should just come clean about the whole thing.
'For an organisation that constantly puts itself on a moral pedestal of truth, the lengths the
'The fact there were details of his unacceptable behaviour in 2012 is shocking — the BBC acted all along as if no one knew.'
The emails were released after a Freedom of Information battle by The Sunday Times.
The producer gave evidence to the corporation's internal investigation into its star in 2023 after The Sun revealed a presenter — later named as Edwards —
He has had no feedback from the BBC, which has
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Edwards was sentenced last year to six months' jail, suspended for two years, for three charges of making indecent images of children
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