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The BBC is condemned for having a “deferential culture” and “untouchable stars” in a leaked draft of a report into sexual abuse by broadcaster Jimmy Savile.
It also warns that it was possible another “predatory child abuser could be lurking undiscovered in the BBC even today”.
Rapes, indecent assaults on both boys and girls, and incidents of “inappropriate sexual conduct” with teenagers over 16 were all “in some way associated with the BBC”, the draft report states. Three of Savile's victims were only nine, it adds.
Incidents occurred at “virtually every one of the BBC premises” in which Savile worked, the report said, and more than 100 employees at the corporation told the review they had heard about Savile's sexual conduct.
While staff said they were aware of his behaviour, they were scared to report it to managers, the draft report, published by news website Exaro states.
But Dame Janet accepted denials from senior bosses that they were aware of his sexual activity, according to the leaked document …. http://www.telegraph.co.uk