Jeremy Vine has called for the unnamed BBC figure at the centre of a sex scandal to come forward publicly. 

Last weekend, the Sun newspaper published allegations that a household name broadcaster had paid thousands of pounds for explicit images of a youth over a three-year period, according to their parents.

They claimed the young person was 17 at the time the relationship. But on Monday a lawyer for the person refuted this and insisted nothing illegal had happened - branding the parents’ claims “rubbish”.

In the days since, three more young people have come forward claiming they have been involved with the presenter, who still has not been named.

Social media users have been speculating online, with several figures including the BBC Radio 2 host, as well as Rylan Clark and Gary Lineker publicly denying they are the BBC man involved.

Vine tweeted: “I’m starting to think the BBC presenter involved in the scandal should now come forward publicly. 

“These new allegations will result in yet more vitriol being thrown at perfectly innocent colleagues of his. And the BBC, which I’m sure he loves, is on its knees with this. But it is his decision and his alone.”