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STORY: The crisis at Britain's BBC deepens,

with more allegations against at a top presenter.

The unnamed star has already been accused of making payments to a young person for explicit images.

On Tuesday, BBC News said it had been contacted by a second young person -

aged in their early twenties and unconnected to the first -

who said they had been approached by the presenter on a dating app.

According to the BBC... When the person, who never met the presenter, hinted online that they would reveal his identity, they were sent abusive, expletive-filled messages.

The new revelations come as Britain's leading broadcaster seeks to defend its handling of the growing scandal.

The BBC's director general, Tim Davie, said the broadcaster needed to review its complaint procedures.

"I think there's a valid question that I'm asking which is how are complaints red flagged through the organisation and I want that immediately looked at and also review the overall processes in protocols to make sure we are satisfied by them."

The BBC has acknowledged that it only flagged the original complaint to senior management,

when the UK's Sun newspaper approached it about the story,

some seven weeks after the allegation was first made.

The report in the Sun, which has dominated Britain's national newspapers and television bulletins,

said the presenter had paid a young person $45,000 for explicit photos over three years, beginning when the person was 17.

The age of consent for sex in England is 16, but images of someone under 18 can be considered child pornography.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described the allegations as "very serious and concerning."