Veteran British newsreader Huw Edwards has been revealed as the BBC presenter accused of soliciting sexually explicit photos from a teenager.
Edwards was named by his wife Vicky Flind, who said that her 61-year-old husband had been hospitalized after the allegations were made public. “I am making this statement on behalf of my husband Huw Edwards, after what have been five extremely difficult days for our family,” Flind told the media on Wednesday.
“I am doing this primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children.” Flind said her husband was suffering from “serious mental health issues,” and has been “treated for severe depression in recent years.” She added that his condition “greatly worsened” in the wake of the controversy.
Edwards is “now receiving in-patient hospital care where he’ll stay for the foreseeable future,” Flind said.
The scandal erupted last week after the tabloid Sun published
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