Scott Mills sacked

Whenever allegations of 'historical' abuse are made there are comments about the timeframe made by people who weren't involved and can't possibly know the reasons why the victims didn't report it at the time.

Why does it matter? The victims had their reasons, and they are nothing to do with anyone else. I'm genuinely interested to know, as it seems a strange thing to complain about. It could be that there was not enough evidence, or that the victim didn't report it for reasons of their own, but those things don't diminish the offence in any way. When circumstances change there is no reason I can see why victims shouldn't get justice, however belated it may be.

If this man was cleared of rape accusations years ago that doesn’t seem a solid reason to sack him now, though it certainly should have raised red flags when he was vetted by the BBC, can only assume the vetting system wasn’t very robust years ago.
I imagine there is more to it than just finding out he was cleared of a rape accusation. My guess would be, but is purely speculation, that someone else has come forward regarding a rape allegation.
Could be another Kevin Spacey furore or could be that he actually was a sexual pest.
The BBC either has very bad luck in employing sex pests or ITV/Channel Four etc., have sex pests as yet undiscovered.

Anyone working in the investigation and support of allegations of sexual abuse understands why alleged victims don’t always report immediately.

It seems the allegations were investigated when first made years ago. Perhaps the alleged victim has made further allegations? Light entertainment seems a playground for some

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Vice versa
If you don't come forward at the time you prevent this from happening again, I don't have an attitude, I speak from experience,if something has happened report it there and then

Like I said, there can be any number of reasons why someone might not report an incident at the time. Some may well have tried to say something at the time and not been believed. And yes, I'm speaking from experience too.

Flippin2 you ve got it wrong you are jumping into make believe land It not only was reported at the time but went to court It appears he was accused of raping a teenager ten years ago and it went to court, it was dropped through lack of evidence at the time. (According to the latest news)
However if it has been a court case the BBC must have known but not considered it important when they hired him so bigger fools them
I m sure more will come out People aren’t always what they seem

It’s an historic case Casdon. Further reports are breaking in the news tonight.

Vice versa
If you don't come forward at the time you prevent this from happening again, I don't have an attitude, I speak from experience,if something has happened report it there and then

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FriedGreenTomatoes2
I'd said to son earlier I bet it's historic,why don't these people make allegations at the time ,why wait ? and if it's not proven to be true then what,I abhor this coming out of the woodwork stuff

There can be any number of reasons why a victim may not come forward at the time - and attitudes like this don't help.

I’m not convinced that it’s a historic case, unless something earth shattering evidence has come forward very recently, because, like other employers, the BBC would have to suspend a member of staff pending investigation if new information from a victim came forward, until it was fully investigated and verified. People are usually only summarily dismissed, which this sounds like, in the event of gross misconduct.

I think the reason people don't come forward at the time is often because the climate of opinion at the time of the incident meant that at best they would not be listened to and at worst blamed for stirring up trouble or even not believed and seen as the perpetrator not the victim.

Many more historic claims of abuse were reported at the time but not followed up for the reasons given above.

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FriedGreenTomatoes2
I'd said to son earlier I bet it's historic,why don't these people make allegations at the time ,why wait ? and if it's not proven to be true then what,I abhor this coming out of the woodwork stuff

Agree somewhat. It is much easier to prove or disprove if it's recent, and also society changes & what was acceptable if disreputable, becomes illegal / unacceptable. Although this must've been a serious allegation going by the sacking.

I understand there are many reasons why victims don't come forward at the time but in the interests of fairness I wish they would.

FriedGreenTomatoes2
I'd said to son earlier I bet it's historic,why don't these people make allegations at the time ,why wait ? and if it's not proven to be true then what,I abhor this coming out of the woodwork stuff

When I read the BBC online news earlier his sacking was the news headline. Trump threatening to obliterate Iran’s energy facilities if a deal is not reached shortly had been knocked off the main headline to make way for the Scott Mills story.

The BBC are not likely to dither about if any allegations have been made against him. They have hardly covered themselves with glory with previous similar episodes.

Apparently he was sacked over an historic male relationship
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Wow!

I dislike him as a presenter, though Radio 2 has very few left that I do like. I enjoy listening to Gary Davies, so I hope he’ll be on at breakfast for a while.

Oh? Why?
I quite liked him on RATW. Not so much his partner.

The news doesn’t report was he’s done, simply “personal conduct”

My goodness. Out and out sacked! Blimey he must have said or done something awful for such summary justice. It's quite hard to a sack people these days.
He was OK on the breakfast show and better than that gushing Zoe but no replacement for Terry

I can listen to R2 in the morning's again, he was a complete turn off for me.
He's obviously done something very wrong to get him booted out that quick.
Interesting comments on MN about it.

I don't know what he is accused of but am glad he is not in Radion 2 any more.

His face is on all the Asda shopping trollies advertising his Radio 2 breakfast programme.

Don’t know him but is the BBC again. The establishment doesn’t have a lot of luck when it comes to hiring people who don’t end up disgracing themselves.
Still, with no further info I suppose I can’t really say much about this case.

Never heard of him but sacked, not suspended pending investigation? Says something.

Well I ll have to google him as I ve never heard of him