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By Wednesday, the presenter was facing further allegations. One young person in their early 20s told the BBC on Tuesday they had felt threatened by the male presenter after he approached them anonymously on a dating app. They did not meet in person, but when the young person threatened to name him publicly, the presenter allegedly sent “abusive, expletive-filled” messages, the person claimed.

In a separate case, the Sun has published allegations from another person that the star, whom they said they had met on a dating app, broke the rules of the third national Covid lockdown in February 2021 to visit them at their flat and gave them money.

And a fourth person told the newspaper the presenter had started a “creepy” Instagram chat with them when they were 17.

Both the BBC and the Sun said they had approached the presenter for comment.

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