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Fired BBC Presenter Jermaine Jenas Admits Sending Inappropriate Messages; Says He’s “No Sex Pest”


The former footballer told The Sun he'd let everybody down, but was no sex pest.

The BBC presenter fired this week has broken his silence to admit he sent “inappropriate messages” to two colleagues. Following previous incidents in which the BBC had been criticised for not acting swiftly enough in dealing with claims made against some of their high-profile faces, the broadcaster terminated Jenas’s contract on Thursday, several weeks after the allegations came to light. Prior to his firing, Jenas was also a pundit on the BBC’s long-running football show Match of the Day, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this week.

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