Overview
- The BBC terminated Scott Mills’s contracts in March after saying it had obtained “new information” about a historic police investigation that the corporation had previously known about.
- The Metropolitan Police opened an inquiry in 2016 into allegations dating to 1997–2000, Mills was questioned under caution in 2018, and the Crown Prosecution Service closed the file in 2019 for lack of sufficient evidence.
- Mills has said through lawyers that he fully cooperated with police at the time and he is reported to be preparing an unfair‑dismissal claim against the BBC.
- Sam Vaughan, Mills’s husband, posted a wedding photo to mark their second anniversary and received public messages of support from former BBC colleagues including Zoe Ball, Sara Cox and Rylan Clark.
- The episode has already led to programming changes at Radio 2 and raises questions about the BBC’s handling of historic allegations, possible legal exposure for the corporation, and how media reports about the so‑called new information will be verified.