THIS is the latest in a long series of pedophilia scandals stretching back decades that have tarnished the BBC’s reputation.
Jimmy Savile’s shocking crimes rocked the corporation in 2012 when it was revealed the presenter was a prolific sex offender.
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Savile, who died in 2011 before the allegations became widely known, is believed to have assaulted up to 450 young people, with police recording 31 rape charges against him.
His crimes date back to 1955 and allegations included abuse of seriously ill children and necrophilia.
Jonathan King, BBC presenter and music manager, he was jailed for seven years in 2001 for molesting five teenagers in the 1980s.
Thick of It actor Chris Langham was jailed for ten months in 2007 for downloading images and videos of child sexual abuse.
It’s a Knockout star Stuart Hall got 30 months in 2013 for indecent assaults on young girls.
Original Radio Presenter Chris Denning was jailed for 13 years in 2014 for abusing 26 boys from 1967 to 1987, and received another 13-year sentence two years later.
He also served prison time in the 1980s for assaulting young boys.
And shamed presenter Rolf Harris was jailed for five and a half years in 2014 for molesting four girls, including a seven-year-old.
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