{"id":507699,"date":"2026-04-01T20:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507699\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:43:09","slug":"scott-mills-confirms-he-was-investigated-by-police-in-first-statement-since-sacking-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507699\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Mills confirms he was investigated by police in first statement since sacking &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE81ZW5iemUwWEZmUGJtdmFPUDRKdW1ycDZ0M19hM09uWWFuY2diQ29XdVV2dG5yVGJDTW8xU2FMbWNvNF9vNWduMnd3Y1c2ck1aQzYwcnJfaVp5dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scott Mills confirms he was investigated by police in first statement since sacking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPQjVwNnRaUzRBbEtKV1JmRFVta1NuV29TcHljLWpZZlI3XzhsMWV6Y3JLcUtfY195a0E4Q2czbFAzbDdQOUoyNFdlTVI2Q2NMVEpJZ0xZRE1mTzFJbUstVk9lbTlQMEJEX3JCSF9tRFNMMF92NHBuaHhYWk5YNWZPY3dxSDZRamQyU1pBenFWQWhVVEhzdDQxaG5Fb1VKc3BBOHc3TlotbjdPRFVFMVJIX0xNYXhTTG04bWFtQl93?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scott Mills releases statement after BBC sacking as he addresses police investigation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;news.sky.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9UamNlVGJDNHdDT1JoSVJqdWxwMXFvVmtyeHlfRk9VT2M1ZlZxVGpQM20wVnVzOUVmYi16ZEdraEV5aHNiWGh4OXZXN08xX21BZFB4eGxVaG5NUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teenage boy at centre of Scott Mills sexual offences investigation was under 16, police say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQdDV0SU1tZGk2SXVycWlFYjJVWEM2YkpXa2VVQzdUWEZnbktuUndEYWlIc3pyZ1VNYUFld1lLaU9SeVNacHhHYjRYVU9pVlBDYUZCOWY2TkRHZmYzaGpyR2IyTGxZQmtxSFVST0gzRWFDT1JMRzNVSWR5UVI1YkZOOW96MTdrV3dPQzg4WExMbDc1VG1hWTlqSVdWS3RyQXlPRW9MaXdyMWJ2eXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dermot O\u2019Leary addresses Scott Mills\u2019 sudden firing: \u2018It came from nowhere\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;independent.co.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxOb0t6WTd5NlVnc1FHLUhzOWJETDVadm5XLTBqQy04amNQSzlobWFNcVJUa1JsTUJyZklrZXUzQ0NBMEh4NlVJQURTRWhTNFg2ZE5sZXQ5Rmk2R0ZzMnA5RW1wOXp2UWxxNzJiSU9fcmJ0WHFGOUxseWtBc3hFcGNheVYySnNQLU9WclJ6Q2FHamdTdG5NSG1tSlpkWTRQRGhMcm5pY28tT3ZKY05DWk4zVXdNVGFCLThwVzN0VjFfQXhnNjQxMkJ1Tg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scott Mills questioned in 2018 over allegations of serious sexual assault against boy aged under 16<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Channel 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Mills confirms he was investigated by police in first statement since sacking&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCScott Mills releases statement after BBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-507699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}