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| Dave Lee Travis denies any wrongdoing | Dave Lee Travis denies any wrongdoing |
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| Dave Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing after his arrest and bailing on suspicion of sexual offences on Thursday. | Dave Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing after his arrest and bailing on suspicion of sexual offences on Thursday. |
| Speaking at his home near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, the former Radio 1 DJ and Top of the Pops presenter issued a "complete denial" and added: "This is nothing to do with kids." | Speaking at his home near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, the former Radio 1 DJ and Top of the Pops presenter issued a "complete denial" and added: "This is nothing to do with kids." |
| Travis's statement came shortly after it was confirmed that he has been dropped from his Magic AM radio show with immediate effect. | Travis's statement came shortly after it was confirmed that he has been dropped from his Magic AM radio show with immediate effect. |
| Travis was released on police bail late on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of sexual offences. He was the fourth person to be held by Metropolitan police detectives from Operation Yewtree, the investigation into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile and others. | Travis was released on police bail late on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of sexual offences. He was the fourth person to be held by Metropolitan police detectives from Operation Yewtree, the investigation into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile and others. |
| He said he did not want his name associated with "bloody evil" child abuse. | He said he did not want his name associated with "bloody evil" child abuse. |
| He said: "This is nothing to do with kids, all right? That's the first thing. Because that to me is the most important thing in the world and I do not wish to have my name sullied around something that bloody evil, to be honest. | He said: "This is nothing to do with kids, all right? That's the first thing. Because that to me is the most important thing in the world and I do not wish to have my name sullied around something that bloody evil, to be honest. |
| "The second thing I want is to say, yes, there's a complete denial there but there's nothing else I can tell you because otherwise I might be stepping on the police's feet and I don't want to do that because it might affect their investigations." | "The second thing I want is to say, yes, there's a complete denial there but there's nothing else I can tell you because otherwise I might be stepping on the police's feet and I don't want to do that because it might affect their investigations." |
| Later on Friday Travis spoke again to journalists outside his home as he sought to address the media coverage that surrounded his arrest and answered a few brief questions. | Later on Friday Travis spoke again to journalists outside his home as he sought to address the media coverage that surrounded his arrest and answered a few brief questions. |
| "There's one very important point I want to get across here – when I read the papers this morning I could not believe it. It was like, you know, 'DLT caught in Savile probe' and all this," he said. | "There's one very important point I want to get across here – when I read the papers this morning I could not believe it. It was like, you know, 'DLT caught in Savile probe' and all this," he said. |
| "I'm going to make one thing extremely clear to you – the Savile probe is nothing to do with things I've been talking to the police about. I was accused, quote, of 'squeezing the boobs' of a couple of women. One, you know is Vivien Creegor and the other was somebody from 19 … God knows … 67 or something, which is incredible." | "I'm going to make one thing extremely clear to you – the Savile probe is nothing to do with things I've been talking to the police about. I was accused, quote, of 'squeezing the boobs' of a couple of women. One, you know is Vivien Creegor and the other was somebody from 19 … God knows … 67 or something, which is incredible." |
| He added: "I am and always have been completely abhorred by anything to do with children and anything to do with child molestation and anything like that. | He added: "I am and always have been completely abhorred by anything to do with children and anything to do with child molestation and anything like that. |
| "I don't really want to be in a headline where people look and see Savile's name and see my name and think: 'Oh God, is he at it as well?' Not true, all right? You have a categorical denial about children. That is absolutely set in concrete, I promise you." | "I don't really want to be in a headline where people look and see Savile's name and see my name and think: 'Oh God, is he at it as well?' Not true, all right? You have a categorical denial about children. That is absolutely set in concrete, I promise you." |
| Travis had fronted a weekend radio show on the station in the north of England since 2006. Magic AM owner Bauer Media said the allegations relating to the DJ's arrest pre-date his time as a freelance presenter with the station. | Travis had fronted a weekend radio show on the station in the north of England since 2006. Magic AM owner Bauer Media said the allegations relating to the DJ's arrest pre-date his time as a freelance presenter with the station. |
| Bauer Media said in a statement: "While we can make no judgment on the matters under investigation, we believe it would be inappropriate for him to broadcast until they are resolved. There will be no further comment or statements." | Bauer Media said in a statement: "While we can make no judgment on the matters under investigation, we believe it would be inappropriate for him to broadcast until they are resolved. There will be no further comment or statements." |
| The BBC responded swiftly to the arrest by pulling a Top of the Pops repeat from 1977, hosted by Travis, from its BBC4 schedule on Thursday night. | The BBC responded swiftly to the arrest by pulling a Top of the Pops repeat from 1977, hosted by Travis, from its BBC4 schedule on Thursday night. |
| Scotland Yard said Travis's arrest fell under the strand of the Operation Yewtree investigation termed "others" – that is, not relating to Savile. | Scotland Yard said Travis's arrest fell under the strand of the Operation Yewtree investigation termed "others" – that is, not relating to Savile. |
| Other former media personalities arrested under Operation Yewtree are former pop star Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, the comedian Freddie Starr, and the former BBC producer Wilfred De'Ath. | Other former media personalities arrested under Operation Yewtree are former pop star Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, the comedian Freddie Starr, and the former BBC producer Wilfred De'Ath. |
| Travis was a regular fixture on Radio 1 from its launch in 1967 until 1993, when he resigned from his weekend morning show on air saying he did not agree with changes at the station. He was a regular Top of the Pops presenter in the 1970s and 1980s, when the show was at its peak, and fronted various Radio 1 weekday and weekend shows. | Travis was a regular fixture on Radio 1 from its launch in 1967 until 1993, when he resigned from his weekend morning show on air saying he did not agree with changes at the station. He was a regular Top of the Pops presenter in the 1970s and 1980s, when the show was at its peak, and fronted various Radio 1 weekday and weekend shows. |
| The Metropolitan police has about 30 officers and civilian staff working on its Operation Yewtree investigation, which is in the process of contacting all of the victims that have sought to make allegations in the past six weeks. | The Metropolitan police has about 30 officers and civilian staff working on its Operation Yewtree investigation, which is in the process of contacting all of the victims that have sought to make allegations in the past six weeks. |
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