BBC DJ Sacked Over Old Sexual Offense Claims

0:00On April 1st, BBC Radio 2's Scott Mills, the 53-year-old DJ, with 27 years of the corporation, got sacked last Friday over fresh. Info tied to old sexual offense claims. Back in 2016, Hampshire police got a tip about alleged serious assault on a boy under 16 from 1997 to 2000. They passed it to the Met, who questioned Mills under caution in July 2018, but the Crown Prosecution Service shut it down in two. 2019 for lack of evidence. The BBC now admits they knew about that police probe as early as 2017, yet kept Mills on air through his breakfast show gig. New details emerged recently about the same alleged victim, but different from before, prompting bosses to chat with him and cut ties quick, citing. Personal conduct and their values. Police are reeling. Jeremy Byron called it unfair on air, saying no crime was proven, while Pierce Morgan blasted the timing online.

1:00Friends say Mills has gone dark, dodging calls since Monday's shock announcement, and kids' cancer charity, Neural Blastoma, UK, dropped him as patron. Some link it to the recent Hugh Edwards scandal spotlighting, BBC missteps. Police confirmed the case details, but stressed no charges ever stuck. The BBC's digging deeper into what they knew back then, and apologized for ignoring a 2025 journalist query on sketchy messages from. Mills. This saga underscores the BBC's push for tougher standards post-reviews, with Mills staying silent amid the fallout, stay tuned as more shakes out.