The BBC says it has found ‘no evidence’ of any record of allegations of misconduct concerning alleged abuse of under-age girls by Jimmy Savile.
An ITV documentary this week features claims from women going back to the 1970s that he abused girls in his Rolls-Royce and at BBC TV Centre.
His nephew Roger Foster says his family is “disgusted and disappointed” by the allegations.
5 women claim they were molested – and in one case raped – by the star as teenage girls.
They claim the attacks took place at his dressing room at the BBC, in his Rolls-Royce car and in one incident in his caravan which was parked at a school in Surrey in England.
The BBC says it has found ‘no evidence’ of any allegations of misconduct by Mr. Savile during his time there.
The DJ and television presenter died in October last year at 84-years-old.
He began his broadcasting career on the radio before going on to host TV chart show ‘Top of the Pops’ and his hugely popular programme ‘Jim’ll Fix It’.
Broadcaster and campaigner for children and older people Esther Rantzen spoke to Breakfast here on Newstalk.
She says she is not surprised by what she called the rumours around him.
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