August 17th 2024.
A man has come forward with allegations that Huw Edwards, a disgraced former BBC presenter, sexually assaulted him in a London nightclub in 2022. This is just the latest accusation against the 62-year-old veteran anchor, who was arrested in November and later pleaded guilty to receiving indecent images of children on his phone.
The man, who remains unnamed, claims that he and Edwards had exchanged Instagram and WhatsApp messages before meeting for lunch at the Ivy Members Club in 2021. During their messages, Edwards had warned the man that he would be "getting assaulted in the Ivy" later that evening. The man alleges that while they were both in the toilets, Edwards grabbed his penis and attempted to masturbate him.
Feeling shocked and uncomfortable, the man asked Edwards to stop. But Edwards seemed to enjoy the dangerousness of the situation and even declared his love for the man. The man recalls that Edwards was very aggressive and seemed to get a thrill from his powerful status as a famous broadcaster.
The man also revealed that before the alleged assault, Edwards had been touchy-feely with him during their lunch, causing the man to feel uncomfortable and have to repeatedly push him away. Despite this, the man admits that he was still in awe of Edwards and was flattered by his attention.
However, when news broke of Edwards' guilty plea for possessing indecent images of children, the man says he felt physically sick and ashamed to have ever met the presenter. He also claims that Edwards had sent him sexual images and messages, but he had cut contact with him after the incident in the toilet.
In court, Edwards pleaded guilty to three offences of making indecent images of children and it was revealed that the images he received from a convicted paedophile included seven category A images, the most serious type. The estimated age of most of the children in these images was between 13 and 15, but one was as young as seven.
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