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BBC 'disturbed' over Sir Jimmy Savile sex abuse claim BBC 'disturbed' over Sir Jimmy Savile sex abuse claim
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The BBC has said it is "disturbed" by allegations that a TV producer was ignored when he reported an abuse claim over Sir Jimmy Savile to bosses. The BBC has said it is "disturbed" by allegations that a former TV producer was ignored when he reported an abuse claim over Sir Jimmy Savile to bosses.
The Sun newspaper says that David Nicolson caught Savile having sex with a young girl in a BBC dressing room. href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4585097/BBC-director-I-blew-whistle-on-Savile-but-Beeb-ignored-me.html" >The Sun newspaper says that David Nicolson caught Savile having sex with a young girl in a BBC dressing room.
The corporation urged staff to report such information to its internal investigations unit or the police. The corporation has urged staff to report such information to its internal investigations unit or the police.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said he could not understand how "this remained hidden for so long". The Metropolitan Police is leading investigations and said it had received 340 potential lines of inquiry so far.
The Metropolitan Police is leading an inquiry into claims of abuse against the late TV presenter and is pursuing at least 120 separate lines of inquiry. Mr Nicolson, now 67, is reported to have blown the whistle on Savile and claimed he was told: "That's the way it goes."
The incident is said to have happened in a dressing room for the Jim'll Fix It programme, involving a girl Mr Nicholson said was aged "16, maybe 15".
A BBC spokeswoman said: "We have been disturbed to hear these allegations. All staff past and present who have any information relating to allegations of this kind should raise them with the BBC's internal investigations unit or with the police directly."
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the rich and famous needed to be dealt with in the same way as everybody else.
"I just cannot understand how this remained hidden for so long," he said.
"We need to teach particularly our kids - because we're such a celebrity driven culture at the moment - that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everybody has to live by the same rules.
"There cannot be one set of rules and laws for one bunch of people just because they're famous celebrities and another for everybody else."
Television actress Julie Fernandez has claimed Savile groped her when she appeared on Jim'll Fix It at the age of 14.
Ms Fernandez, who went on to appear in the BBC shows The Office and Eldorado, said Savile's hands "lingered in places they shouldn't" as she sat beside the presenter in her wheelchair.
She and other children from her school were on the show after she wrote to Savile.