A presenter at the heart of “embarrassing sexual accusations”, his wife breaks the silence

The BBC has been in turmoil for several days. A family has accused one of the channel’s star presenters of having paid the equivalent of €40,000 to their child in exchange for pornographic photos over a period of three years. Once this information is output in the log The Sunother tongues were loosened, denouncing certain behaviors “threatening or abusive“supposed, coming from this same person. Until now, the name of the host had remained silent, the media preferring to avoid any sanction for defamation or invasion of privacy. of Huw Edwards, who has been in charge of the main 22h news for twenty years – he joined the BBC in 1984.

His identity had already circulated widely on social media and his absence from the 10 p.m. news had not gone unnoticed by millions of BBC viewers. Vicky Flind, the wife of Huw Edwards, came out of silence on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 to confirm that her husband was indeed at the heart of these “embarrassing sexual accusations“. The latter was also hospitalized after these revelations due to a new depressive episode caused by the scandal.

He intends to respond to articles that have been published

“I make this statement on behalf of my husband Huw Edwards, after five extremely difficult days for our familywrote his wife Vicky Flind in a statement to the British press agency PA. Once he is in a position to do so, he intends to respond to articles that have been published.The BBC admitted to having been contacted by the family in May. The police explained that they had had the opportunity to speak with the famous child – who had grown up – who allegedly exchanged pornographic photos, who called the accusations of his mother from “bullshitLaw enforcement said they had no evidence to indicate a criminal offense had been committed.