Huw Edwards #11 BBC Presenter Scandal

[moldwarp]

Nasty BBC, piling more and more work onto a guy who they're now saying had mental health problems all along.

It doesn't say much for their duty of care to their staff or their employee health monitoring.

The Beeb seem to have failed to adequately investigate, or even acknowledge, behaviour from their big star which made junior (and often overworked and poorly paid) colleagues feel uncomfortable. So yeah, their duty of care is clearly dreadful.

 

[Squittel]

This!! I don’t see too much difference in the two men yet people are quick to sympathise with Huw now, but still on a witch hunt for Philth interesting that both parties have mentioned MH and interesting both of their main victims haven’t dobbed them in

That is an interesting point. I will have a think on that.

 

[Force12]

I am finding it all very tiresome and revolting.

Philip Schofield a few weeks ago. His abuse of power and desire for very young men whilst married. Then his apparent 'mental health issues' and everyone should lay off him in case 'he did something stupid'

Fast forward a few weeks. Huw Edwards revealed as having a desire for very young men. Secretively messaging and carrying on whilst married. Then when it is all revealed in the media he is suddenly rushed to hospital with 'mental health issues'.

Same old same old. They can duck off. These men are happy to play the power card and lie to their wives, children, friends and colleagues as long as they are getting what they want and no one questions them. I don't want to hear about the state of their mental health the moment they are found to be dodgy, seedy and predatory. I will save my sympathy for those who actually require it.

What the duck is wrong with these men?

absolutely. Of course HE has mental health problems his career is over, his reputation in tatters and his marriage probs over and his children humiliated - all because of his selfish fetish and to make matters worse he is getting support from John Sopel!! (boak)

 

[WestSideIsDaBest]

I really don’t see how a search of home and hard drives, and seeking a secret store of PAYG phones, would be an appropriate use of police time in this situation.

Completely agree. what are you expecting them to find? The worst of the illegal behaviour that’s been reported is distribution of photos of a 17 year old.
now the(former) 17 year old has said it didn’t happen.

whilst I have massive sympathy for the mum having to watch her son go through this, she didn’t return the BBC’s calls. She also didn’t go to the police with her evidence AND the police haven’t found any crimes. Whilst the thought of anyone wanking over your adult son/daughters is a pretty grimthought. There doesn’t appear to be anything indicating it’s no. Consensual.
It would be like Sam fox’s or Jordan’s mum complaining about all the men who have had a wank over the page three images.

 

[TbilisiPeach]

There's loads of reasons why people wouldn't complain about a senior colleague harassing them. By all accounts he was popular with management, so at best you might think "well they obviously won't do anything, so why bother".

Quite. When I was in my mid-twenties I had a horrible, bullying boss who was highly regarded by upper management. I couldn't face making an official complaint etc. I had a baby at home, rent to pay. It was easier to find a new job and leave. I thanked everyone for being wonderful, so I'd get good references and put it all behind me.

 

[Mark81]

I give up.

The differences between Schofield and Huw have been mentioned numerous times on here and people obviously just want to ignore them. They are not the same at all.

Depending how this goes I think it could end up being closer to a Noel Clarke situation. Nothing illegal, but more inappropriate/harrassment and abusing his position.

 

[WestSideIsDaBest]

That is an interesting point. I will have a think on that.

Philip knew the runner from 12, got him a job and had a relationship whilst at work with him.
that’s grooming.

 

[Mark81]

There's loads of reasons why people wouldn't complain about a senior colleague harassing them. By all accounts he was popular with management, so at best you might think "well they obviously won't do anything, so why bother".

Exactly!

 

[pommobear]

also the police investigating these underage images - yet they didnt have a search warrant - so HOW can they say they investigated - Huw could have dozens of PAYG phones in his house full of images - and his computer hard drives and nobody will ever know ......beggars belief !!!

You should offer your services to the police as a freelance consultant, I bet they haven't thought of any of that.

 

[JillZarin]

So, turns out nothing illegal went on?!

Where does The Sun stand now on all of this? Surely they now have questions to answer?

 

[petitspois]

This should have been an internal disciplinary issue between HE and his employer. There's no need for this to be in the public arena and The Sun should be dragged over the coals for this.

 

[ochebalboa]

On another forum i was told this as i said its of public interest

Its not a matter of opinion. Its right to privacy. And laws around libel. You can't simply going round destroying lives based on "opinion" which is why the sun are rowing back from it already, and have been caught in at least one lie already. You dont get to hide by "its my opinion" when actual laws contradict you

 

[Squittel]

Philip knew the runner from 12, got him a job and had a relationship whilst at work with him.
that’s grooming.

Eww thanks for reminding me about the 12 bit

Yes, ok I definitely get your point!

 

[Force12]

So, turns out nothing illegal went on?!

Where does The Sun stand now on all of this? Surely they now have questions to answer?

are you saying that HE paying for sex pics from an 18 year old kid isnt a news story?

 

[drusy]

Which celeb/influencer thread on here is it that Owen Jones is always followed up with "not a murderer" after confusion of OJ and OJ Simpson?

That would be the Jack Monroe threads, dear heart.
Whilst he is a boring, tiresome little sh**, he's not a murderer. (As far as we know).

 

[ElectricFireCracker]

No criminality found with Schofe though either...

 

[theleagueofgentlemen]

are you saying that HE paying for sex pics from an 18 year old kid isnt a news story?

I suppose the question is, what do we, the general public, gain from knowing about it?

 

[Happy Lady]

These threads have phases.

They started as a Who Done It Guessing Game, everyone sharing whatever information they could.

Then we had the Waiting Game where everyone went a bit mad and we all had a great laugh.

Yesterday was War Games which I felt turned a tad nasty.

Today we're a lot more chilled, sympathetic and civilised awaiting more information about HE colleagues.

Time to read the papers now and get back to real life.

 

[TbilisiPeach]

So, turns out nothing illegal went on?!

Where does The Sun stand now on all of this? Surely they now have questions to answer?

I think The Sun, much like Huw himself, might be in the 'unwise, but not illegal' camp. They never named him, they never made allegations of criminality. The rest of the press falling over themselves blaming The Sun, when they ALL covered the same story simply quoting The Sun - bunch of hypocrites.

 

[TheMiceInTheShed]

AlexTwist said:
The police can't just apply for search warrants based on a hunch. They do it based on the evidence they have, otherwise we'd have people being harassed left right and centre.

Not trying to de-rail - but a lot of people have been harassed over the past few years on the basis of "non-crime hate" accusations. No crime, often no "evidence" - just some vindictive w@nker's spiteful report. And yes - the "cases" are dismissed with no charge, but there is a comment on a record somewhere, some have their jobs threatened, and it can take many stressful (for the accused) months. The process, as they say, is the punishment.