Overview
- The BBC said it ended Scott Mills’s contracts after receiving new information and speaking directly with him.
- Mills, through his lawyers, acknowledged a 2016 police investigation into allegations from 1997 to 2000 and noted the Crown Prosecution Service closed the case in 2019 with no charge.
- The Metropolitan Police told reporters the complainant was under 16 at the time and said it had contacted the BBC several times from 2017 to the present.
- The BBC confirmed it was aware of the Met inquiry in 2017 and said it is reviewing what was known after admitting it failed to follow up a 2025 press query about safeguarding concerns.
- Newspaper reports, citing an unnamed source, claim Mills stayed in contact with the alleged victim until about 2006, a detail that has not been independently verified.