Jermaine Jenas faces a flood of new allegations following his sacking from the BBC
BBC executives were in panic mode Thursday night, and the company was forced to lay off… Jermaine Jenas from his broadcasting contract after allegations of inappropriate conduct were made against him.
Jenas, a former Premier League The midfielder had settled into his role as a BBC Sport pundit and analyst very well, appearing regularly on Match of the Day, and was widely expected to be the natural successor to Gary LinekerThe high position it occupies within the organization.
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However, over the course of the last 24 hours that belief has been erased, with Jenas facing a new onslaught of accusations about his behavior, and his broadcasting career appears to be over.
The BBC conducted an internal investigation into Jenas's complaints
Many have long accused the BBC of being slow to act on allegations against its employees, especially high-profile ones, but after the recent Huw Edwards debacle there has been an appetite within the company to ensure that there are no repeat performances.
In this regard, the accusations made against Jenaswho also hosted the popular magazine programme 'The One Show', were taken seriously from the start.
BBC officials launched an internal investigation into Jenas's conduct and subsequently decided to dismiss him from his contract.
Since then, several women have come forward.
As is often the case in cases like this, there is a kind of dam in the sense that once the first victim appears, there is usually an avalanche of others.
According to several reports, that appears to be the case with Jenasand several other women accused the former footballer of inappropriate behavior.
Jenaswho also works for TNT Sport and talkSPORT, was on air when news of his dismissal from the BBC broke.
“Look, I can't talk about it. As you can probably tell, I'm not happy about it.” Jenas he told talkSPORT.
“But as things stand, I'll have to let the lawyers handle it. You know, there are two sides to every story, as we know. So that's all I can say for now.”
