Unnamed star, who allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit images, has also been reported to the police
Chalk also said a “full investigation” is required before deciding whether there’s a public interest in naming the BBC presenter. He has told Sky News:
This is quite a difficult, nuanced legal issue. I’m not going to criticise them at this stage because it will depend on all sorts of things.
So, for example, if an allegation were made against you and it was of an extremely serious nature, then I don’t think it would necessarily be appropriate to name you immediately until there had been a full investigation.
These are very serious and concerning allegations. You ask me as a parent – I would be extremely concerned about that. I don’t know precisely what was said and at what time, but certainly you would expect allegations of that nature to be dealt with very robustly and promptly.
And it may be that, in the fullness of time, there will need to be an investigation about how this allegation was handled. That is quite possible. But, right now, I think it is important in the interest of that complainant that this is dealt with as quickly and fairly and robustly as possible.
