BBC presenter Stephen Nolan has apologised following claims he despatched sexually express pictures of a possible visitor to his work colleagues.
As reported by The Irish Information, Nolan is alleged to have despatched two express photos of former actuality star Stephen Bear to his tv manufacturing crew, as they have been attempting to e book him for the present Nolan Dwell in 2016.
Nolan addressed the allegations at the start of his Radio Ulster present on Friday (August 18), saying he was “deeply sorry”.
“We have now had days, as you most likely know, of headlines about me and the Nolan crew within the papers this week and I’m not ignoring the story,” Nolan stated (by way of BBC).
“It’s simply that the BBC has processes in place to cope with employees complaints and I do, and must, completely respect these processes. They’ve to be confidential for them to work. I can say one factor although and that’s that I’m sorry.
“There was {a photograph}, it was broadly obtainable on the web and I used to be speaking to a long-term pal and peer outdoors of labor. I’m deeply sorry.”
Nolan later denied an allegation that members of BBC employees have been positioned within the viewers of Nolan Dwell in an effort to “manipulate” the programme.
“I can talk about that on the file,” Nolan added. “That’s utterly, categorically false. We don’t do this within the Nolan crew. We worth our relationship with you far an excessive amount of to compromise it.”
Within the authentic report, The Irish Information additionally claimed a former member of Nolan’s crew had made a proper criticism of bullying towards him, which was not upheld in an investigation.
In an announcement, BBC Northern Eire’s director Adam Smyth, stated: “There are essential concerns of equity and confidentiality concerned within the dealing with of any workplace-related criticism.
“We take these obligations critically – and within the pursuits of everybody concerned. It’s for these causes that we can not touch upon the specifics of any particular person case, who/what it might have concerned or its final result.”
Stephen Bear is presently in jail after being discovered responsible of voyeurism and sharing a personal intercourse tape with an ex-girlfriend.