SCOTT Mills has been thrown into a legal storm after his shock BBC exit was linked to a historic police probe, leaving Radio 2 in chaos and bosses scrambling to contain the fallout.
The 53-year-old presenter was pulled off the air last week and then dumped by the BBC over what the corporation called his “personal conduct”. His final breakfast show ended with a breezy promise to return the next day, but he was gone within days, according to Daily Mail.
The crisis exploded after reports tied his sacking to a police investigation first opened in 2016 into alleged serious sexual offences against a teenage boy. The Met said a man in his 40s was interviewed under caution in 2018, but the case was later dropped after prosecutors decided the evidence did not meet the threshold for charges.
That did not stop the shock inside the BBC. Insiders say staff were left reeling, with some in tears, as executives moved fast to remove one of Radio 2’s biggest names.
The timing has only sharpened the pressure. Mills had fronted Comic Relief just days before his exit and signed off his breakfast show as normal, fuelling fresh questions over when bosses decided his position had become untenable.
Behind the scenes, the broadcaster now faces a brutal scramble to steady its biggest breakfast brand. Mills had helped pull back listeners to the show, and his sudden removal has blown a hole in the schedule at the worst possible moment.
His team are now said to be taking legal advice, raising the stakes even further for the BBC. A representative for Mills declined to comment.
The corporation has stuck to a blunt public line, saying only that Mills is no longer contracted to work there. But with a historic probe, a shock dismissal and a flagship show in turmoil, the fallout is far from over.