Met Police ask BBC to pause internal investigation into presenter

A general view of BBC Broadcasting House (Lucy North/PA)

The BBC has been asked to pause its investigation into allegations a BBC presenter paid a teenager for explicit images “while the police scope future work” following a meeting with the Metropolitan Police, the corporation has said.

The BBC’s Corporate Investigations Team met the force on Monday following The Sun newspaper’s report that the unnamed presenter paid a young person around £35,000 (€41,000) over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.