A BBC presenter has been accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17, according to The Sun.

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      1 year ago

      Age of consent is 16 but I think both parties need be 18+ for sharing explicit selfies.

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      As with Philip Scholfield, there is such a disparity in age and power that it becomes very iffy. I’m not sure there’s anything illegal going on but it’s morally problematic.

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        The problem with “moral” problems is, who sets the morals? The church has been setting them for years, but they are now regarded as outdated and, to be frank, not a shining example of good “morality”.