Fired BBC Presenter Jermaine Jenas Denies Fresh Claim He “Bombarded World Cup Party Planner With Unsolicited Texts”
A fired BBC sports presenter has denied fresh claims that he sent a woman unsolicited inappropriate pictures while on overseas duty covering the football World Cup for the corporation.
Jermaine Jenas was a presenter of sports programs and magazine show The One Show until a fortnight ago, when the BBC fired him following claims he had sent inappropriate text messages to other members of the production team. Jenas apologised for his behaviour, but said he had done nothing illegal, and all the messages were consensual.
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Saturday morning The Daily Mail newspaper reported another woman had met Jenas in December 2022 in Doha, during his time working there covering the World Cup.
The woman, a waitress and party planner, alleged the former football star pestered him for bikini pictures, and shared some alleged messages between the pair.
By Saturday afternoon, a source “close to Jenas” had told The Sun newspaper he denied all claims the messages were unsolicited.
The source was quoted saying: “Jermaine completely denies these texts were unsolicited. They were between two consenting adults.”
The source added: “She handed Jermaine her number and was trying to arrange to meet him, whilst desperate for him to bring his VIP mates to her parties… Funny now more than two years on the texts were not wanted.”
The former presenter had previously apologised for his actions at the BBC, saying he had let everyone down, including his family. However, The Sun reports that he is consulting lawyers about a complaint regarding the way his contract was terminated and the allegations discussed by staff. The newspaper says a legal letter has already been sent to BBC chiefs.
A BBC spokesperson told Deadline: “As we have explained previously, he is no longer part of our presenting line up.”
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