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C69 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:14 am

TB63 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:41 am

C69 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:05 am American news sites are now openly naming the man and South Wales police confirmed they are aware of the man.

I suspect given a history of severe and prolonged depression the individual will not want to be interviewed at present.

Got a link for that? A certain persons mother lives up the road from me in llangenith, but that person resides in Dulwich as far as I'm aware..

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-07-11/sou ... e-of-adult

The wife of news reader Huw Edwards has named him as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images

In a statement issued on his behalf, Vicky Flind says her husband is "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care

Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offence has been committed

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:19 pm

The wife of news reader Huw Edwards has named him as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images

In a statement issued on his behalf, Vicky Flind says her husband is "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care

Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offence has been committed

SaintK wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:25 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:19 pm

The wife of news reader Huw Edwards has named him as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images

In a statement issued on his behalf, Vicky Flind says her husband is "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care

Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offence has been committed

Hope recovers his health, can’t see him working in the media again
Lots of questions unanswered not least why The Sun didn’t think it was in the public interest to print his name initially

SaintK wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:25 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:19 pm

The wife of news reader Huw Edwards has named him as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images

In a statement issued on his behalf, Vicky Flind says her husband is "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care

Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offence has been committed

Hope recovers his health, can’t see him working in the media again
Lots of questions unanswered not least why The Sun didn’t think it was in the public interest to print his name initially

Margin__Walker wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:59 pm I assume the next drip fed Sun revelation is incoming in tomorrow's paper.

Jim Lahey wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:26 pm Awkward dinner table conversation tonight.

I like neeps wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:28 pm

SaintK wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:25 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:19 pm

Hope recovers his health, can’t see him working in the media again
Lots of questions unanswered not least why The Sun didn’t think it was in the public interest to print his name initially

Because all they wanted to do was discredit the BBC and avoid as many repercussions as is possible whilst doing so. They knew there was nothing illegal and they knew their is legitimate no public interest in Huw Edwards being gay or paying for nudes.

TB63 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:24 pm Hearing reports the press descended to his mum's house like a pack of hyaenas..

Locals didn't take to kindly to the invasion..No press visible tonight....

tabascoboy wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:46 pm

I like neeps wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:28 pm

SaintK wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:25 pm
Hope recovers his health, can’t see him working in the media again
Lots of questions unanswered not least why The Sun didn’t think it was in the public interest to print his name initially

Because all they wanted to do was discredit the BBC and avoid as many repercussions as is possible whilst doing so. They knew there was nothing illegal and they knew their is legitimate no public interest in Huw Edwards being gay or paying for nudes.

Not only that but they've also managed to drag the BBC and other media attention completely away from the failure to comply with the Court Order for BB's WhatsApp amongst other things into the bargain

tc27 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:24 am Anyone else got the pics via WhatsApp?

Anyway in claiming mental illness he's got half the management strategy in place - he has lost the chance to bravely come out as gay/bisexual ahead of the scandal.

C69 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:38 am

tc27 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:24 am Anyone else got the pics via WhatsApp?

Anyway in claiming mental illness he's got half the management strategy in place - he has lost the chance to bravely come out as gay/bisexual ahead of the scandal.

I would suggest you read about his history of mental illness
This may possibly frame your viewpoint differently.

SaintK wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:46 am

C69 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:38 am

tc27 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:24 am Anyone else got the pics via WhatsApp?

Anyway in claiming mental illness he's got half the management strategy in place - he has lost the chance to bravely come out as gay/bisexual ahead of the scandal.

I would suggest you read about his history of mental illness
This may possibly frame your viewpoint differently.

Quite!!

dpedin wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:50 am
By the way what is the problem with the Blonde Bumblecunts old mobile phone which has prevented him handing it over to the Covid Enquiry?

Sandstorm wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:51 am

dpedin wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:50 am
By the way what is the problem with the Blonde Bumblecunts old mobile phone which has prevented him handing it over to the Covid Enquiry?

Pics of the birth of his 130 kids on there and he doesn't want to lose them?

according to the PA news agency, Mr Johnson's old phone - which contains the messages - is still in his possession while government officials help him try to securely retrieve information from the device.

tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:10 am

Sandstorm wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:51 am

dpedin wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:50 am
By the way what is the problem with the Blonde Bumblecunts old mobile phone which has prevented him handing it over to the Covid Enquiry?

Pics of the birth of his 130 kids on there and he doesn't want to lose them?

The stated issue is that the Cabinet Office ( in this case in Sunak's interests too) claim that they can't open the phone for examination and ensure the integrity of interests of national security - which sounds like bollocks, as forensic IT experts will have a way to take the data off on an isolated network if necessary, and pass it on to those who need to see it. Seems more like BB and the Cabinet Office are trying to delay and obfuscate while they try to wheedle themselves out of it. You wouldn't put it past BB to have destroyed or attempted to destroy the phone himself.

according to the PA news agency, Mr Johnson's old phone - which contains the messages - is still in his possession while government officials help him try to securely retrieve information from the device.

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:31 am

tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:10 am

Sandstorm wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:51 am

Pics of the birth of his 130 kids on there and he doesn't want to lose them?

The stated issue is that the Cabinet Office ( in this case in Sunak's interests too) claim that they can't open the phone for examination and ensure the integrity of interests of national security - which sounds like bollocks, as forensic IT experts will have a way to take the data off on an isolated network if necessary, and pass it on to those who need to see it. Seems more like BB and the Cabinet Office are trying to delay and obfuscate while they try to wheedle themselves out of it. You wouldn't put it past BB to have destroyed or attempted to destroy the phone himself.

according to the PA news agency, Mr Johnson's old phone - which contains the messages - is still in his possession while government officials help him try to securely retrieve information from the device.

In pervious roles my wife has had, confidentiality was taken as read and she wasn't any where near state secrets level of work. If she'd broken confidentiality she'd have lost her job and would have had great difficulty in finding another.

There is no way there is a risk from the people who will be tasked with retrieving information from that phone, I simply don't believe it. For one it would be completely unprofessional for them to leak any information and two it would probably involve prison time.

C69 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:38 am

tc27 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:24 am Anyone else got the pics via WhatsApp?

Anyway in claiming mental illness he's got half the management strategy in place - he has lost the chance to bravely come out as gay/bisexual ahead of the scandal.

I would suggest you read about his history of mental illness
This may possibly frame your viewpoint differently.

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:42 am

C69 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:38 am

tc27 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:24 am Anyone else got the pics via WhatsApp?

Anyway in claiming mental illness he's got half the management strategy in place - he has lost the chance to bravely come out as gay/bisexual ahead of the scandal.

I would suggest you read about his history of mental illness
This may possibly frame your viewpoint differently.

I suspect I might well have a mental health episode if I had just been exposed as a sleazy perv to the entire world. I am sorry is he has a history of mental health issues but treated as an inpatient does follow a well worn path and excuses any comment. Also putting his poor wife in front of the media as the one to announce it poor wife and kids haven't they suffered enough??

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish.

And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the UK's worst rag paying the "victim's" parents?

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish.

And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the UK's worst rag paying the "victim's" parents?

Yeeb wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:04 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish.

And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the UK's worst rag paying the "victim's" parents?

This. No crime, no schofield like abuse of power, just a man’s career ended my media jackals and clickbait.
He’s a churchgoer with 5 kids , so that’s some damn big closet he has to climb out of.
Whoever buys the Sun now really needs to give themself a punch in the balls

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:11 pm

Yeeb wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:04 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish.

And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the UK's worst rag paying the "victim's" parents?

This. No crime, no schofield like abuse of power, just a man’s career ended my media jackals and clickbait.
He’s a churchgoer with 5 kids , so that’s some damn big closet he has to climb out of.
Whoever buys the Sun now really needs to give themself a punch in the balls

I think the No abuse of power thing might need to hang tasty as more people are coming forward.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish.

And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the UK's worst rag paying the "victim's" parents?

_Os_ wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:29 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:53 pm I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish.

And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the UK's worst rag paying the "victim's" parents?

It's looks very similar to the Farage bank account story, which ran for a week and started dominating all media, even MPs in parliament spoke about it. I think even Sunak said no one should be denied a bank account. All without any evidence of what really happened and if anything happened at all, and without Farage taking anyone to court.

If you're a media owner and your mission is to support the Tories and help them win elections to further your own financial interests, then it's quite a tough time at the moment. They're inventing stories to avoid reporting on reality. It makes a change from 24/7 immigrant bashing.

Tabloids still have massive power despite their readership declining. The rest of the media often just follow Sun and Daily Mail frontpages like zombies. Doesn't make any sense, but that's how it works.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:28 pm

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:11 pm

Yeeb wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:04 pm

This. No crime, no schofield like abuse of power, just a man’s career ended my media jackals and clickbait.
He’s a churchgoer with 5 kids , so that’s some damn big closet he has to climb out of.
Whoever buys the Sun now really needs to give themself a punch in the balls

I think the No abuse of power thing might need to hang tasty as more people are coming forward.

I'm always sceptical of all this. Band waggoners, wannabe media celebs, Munchausens, money seekers etc often seem to make up a lot of these after claimants in these sorts of cases (Savile etc was children and so a bit different). All I've seen is vague accusations along the lines of "An employee at the corporation told BBC News they received "suggestive" messages from Edwards." Well, if you were concerned about them, why didn't you do something back then?

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:39 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:28 pm

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:11 pm

I think the No abuse of power thing might need to hang tasty as more people are coming forward.

I'm always sceptical of all this. Band waggoners, wannabe media celebs, Munchausens, money seekers etc often seem to make up a lot of these after claimants in these sorts of cases (Savile etc was children and so a bit different). All I've seen is vague accusations along the lines of "An employee at the corporation told BBC News they received "suggestive" messages from Edwards." Well, if you were concerned about them, why didn't you do something back then?

Worried about their or career/being believed. As it is it looks like the head shed circled the wagons. Inspite of knowing of these allegations they handed HE the largest pay rise of all the ‘top stars’

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:39 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:28 pm

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:11 pm

I think the No abuse of power thing might need to hang tasty as more people are coming forward.

I'm always sceptical of all this. Band waggoners, wannabe media celebs, Munchausens, money seekers etc often seem to make up a lot of these after claimants in these sorts of cases (Savile etc was children and so a bit different). All I've seen is vague accusations along the lines of "An employee at the corporation told BBC News they received "suggestive" messages from Edwards." Well, if you were concerned about them, why didn't you do something back then?

Worried about their or career/being believed. As it is it looks like the head shed circled the wagons. Inspite of knowing of these allegations they handed HE the largest pay rise of all the ‘top stars’

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:42 pm

Openside wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:39 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:28 pm
I'm always sceptical of all this. Band waggoners, wannabe media celebs, Munchausens, money seekers etc often seem to make up a lot of these after claimants in these sorts of cases (Savile etc was children and so a bit different). All I've seen is vague accusations along the lines of "An employee at the corporation told BBC News they received "suggestive" messages from Edwards." Well, if you were concerned about them, why didn't you do something back then?

Worried about their or career/being believed. As it is it looks like the head shed circled the wagons. Inspite of knowing of these allegations they handed HE the largest pay rise of all the ‘top stars’

It does worry me that somehow the Beeb is in the firing line ahead of The Sun and the likes of Twatter in all of this.