‘Huw Edwards scandal ripped us apart!’ Parents of teen at centre of row lash out at BBC | 53VC205 | 2024-02-29 21:08:01
'Huw Edwards scandal ripped us apart!' Parents of teen at centre of row lash out at BBC | 53VC205 | 2024-02-29 21:08:01
The family of the young man at the centre of the Huw Edwards scandal was 'ripped apart', they've stated.
Edwards, 62, was identified by his wife last year to be the BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager greater than £35,000 for sexually specific pictures.
The Met Police confirmed there was no evidence of a crime being committed, whereas Edwards was suspended at the BBC and has remained out of the highlight since.
The broadcaster has now issued an apology to the household of the younger individual at the centre of the scandal, who've hit out on the nine-month delay.
The company stated it must 'be a part of [existing processes and systems] up higher to ensure regardless of how a non-editorial grievance comes into the BBC it is escalated swiftly, when wanted, and dealt with by the fitting individuals.'
BBC Group chief working officer Leigh Tavaziva continued: 'The report identifies particular course of shortcomings in the presenter case. The initial grievance on this case was not escalated shortly enough to senior management and we've apologised to the complainant for this.'
Nevertheless, the anonymous young man's mom has spoken out concerning the 'immense ache' the household has suffered.
She advised The Sun: 'We've suffered immense pain and it has taken almost a yr which has left me broken.
'If the BBC had handled the grievance properly, we might haven't had to undergo this hell. We've got been ripped aside as a household.'
Talking concerning the BBC assessment, she went on: 'It's a aid this unbiased report backs up what we've stated all alongside — the BBC merely did not take this significantly. If something, this underlines how very important it's we get answers, for everybody's sake.
'It's there in black and white — the BBC didn't even log the grievance or comply with it up. This can be a devastating admission. We will solely hope this could velocity up the method in the direction of the right conclusions we'd like.
'We just need to transfer on figuring out what we informed the BBC has been correctly investigated, whatever that takes.'
It had originally been stated the family complained about Edwards to the BBC in Might 2023, and the BBC said it tried to contact them twice before the allegations broke.
Nevertheless, BBC senior management was only informed of the difficulty on July 6, the evaluate stated.
After the story emerged final yr, BBC director-general Tim Davie ordered a evaluate to 'assess how some complaints are red-flagged up the organisation' and a 'factfinding investigation'.
The assessment, led by Ms Tavaziva and carried out by Deloitte, highlights failures in the complaints course of, saying that the initial grievance about& Edwards& was not logged on the relevant case administration system so couldn't be seen by senior figures.
There was additionally no documented course of for contact and follow-ups with the complainant, so when attempts to make contact have been unsuccessful, the plan of action was not clear.
It states: 'The case was not logged on the incumbent case administration system (Perspective) contemporaneously, which means that there was no alternative for wider visibility of the case inside the BBC; and there was no documented course of for contact with the complainant and/or follow-up, such that when initial makes an attempt to contact the complainant have been unsuccessful, the steps to be taken were not sufficiently clear and the process adopted was not documented.'
The report also stated that some staff interviewed stated they might really feel nervous about raising a grievance with the BBC, notably if it was a few extra senior member of employees or a high profile figure.
The report added there's a need for 'higher consistency across teams in how non-editorial complaints are dealt with, regardless of the route by which they are acquired after which reviewed.'
It recommended 'higher use of know-how to manage non-editorial complaints and work to ensure there's a full image of all instances throughout groups dealing with them; in addition to work to make sure adequate assets throughout specialist teams coping with non-editorial complaints, to handle the workload in a well timed method with out impacting on employees welfare.
In a letter to BBC Information, the young individual on the centre of the& Edwards& controversy stated by way of legal professionals nothing inappropriate or illegal happened with the-then unnamed presenter.
Edwards& has been absent from screens because the story first broke and his wife previously said he was receiving in-patient hospital care and was suffering 'critical psychological health issues'.
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