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Originally Posted by joeysteele

I agree with all that.

He even said in the interview he gave.
That the guy had only been working on This morning for a few months.
Then that they were alone in a dressing room and Schofield stated, '' something happened''.

For goodness sake.
Even on that small segment, while admitting he was talking about helping him into TV work.
He got him onto This Morning and within a very short space of time was engaging in sex with him.
It honestly sounds, more and more like it was a plan all along.

You're right it was wrong to even think about starting any sexual relationship with this boy never mind act on it.

I'm fast losing the small amount of any sympathy I may have already had for Schofield actually.

The thing is, even if it wasn't... even if it was sparked out of the young lad's love for/admiration of him and he "made the first move", even if Philip had no intentions of it going there -- as the 50+ year old fairly high profile individual in a position of power and authority who got him the job, he had a very clear duty of care & responsibility to shut that down immediately as inappropriate. As he says himself there is no excuse. But it sounds a whole lot like he goes on to make excuses.