BBC creative director Alan Yentob steps down amid Kids Company scandal
The BBC’s Alan Yentob, has stepped down from his position as creative director over claims that he tried to influence coverage of the financial irregularities and sexual abuse at the scandal hit charity which he previously chaired.
Yentob has been accused of a conflict of interests after making a phone call to Newsnight ahead of a report on the Kids Company charity which he chaired when it collapsed in August amid claims of financial mismanagement.
He is also said to have accompanied the charity’s chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh to an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme.
The 68 year-old said the media reports Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
