Senior political figure [UK] threatens to sue BBC over paedophile claims [View all]
Source: The Telegraph
A senior poltical figure has threatened to sue the BBC after claims that one of its flagship news programmes planned to out him as a paedophile.
A Newsnight investigation into the man is currently being legalled by the BBC, who have today refused to comment.
However Iain Overton, editor of the London-base Bureau of Investigation, claimed yesterday morning: "We've got a Newsnight out tonight about a very senior political figure who is a paedophile".
Michael Crick, a former Newsnight presenter and now a political correspondent with Channel 4 News, later said: "[A] 'senior political figure' due to be accused tonight by BBC of being paedophile denies allegations and tells me he'll issue a libel writ agains the BBC."
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