Dismissed BBC Radio 2 host Scott Mills is “stepping back” from his role as an ambassador for a multiple sclerosis (MS) charity.
Mills, 53, was sacked by the BBC A police investigation into allegations of sexual offenses made against the DJ revealed that the alleged victim was under the age of 16.
In a statement, the MS Society said: “Scott Mills has been a valued MS Society ambassador for over 10 years. In light of the current news, Scott is stepping down from this role while we review the situation.
“We take concerns of this nature and the trust placed in us as a charity extremely seriously.”
The MS Society is the largest organization dedicated to helping people with MS, a currently incurable condition that affects the brain and spinal cord.
Mills, whose mother suffers from MS, originally became an ambassador for the charity in 2015.
It is understood Mills will also lose his honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University when the institute’s honorary doctorate scrutiny panel meets later in April.
Mills’ BBC contract was terminated on 27 March due to an allegation relating to his “personal conduct”.
Later it came to light that Metropolitan Police In December 2016 an investigation was launched against Mills over “allegations of serious sexual offenses against a teenage boy”.
The crimes are said to have occurred between 1997 and 2000, when Mills would have been in his 20s.
However, the police force stated that the Crown Prosecution Service ultimately decided that “the evidentiary threshold for laying charges was not met”, and the case was closed in May 2019.
in his first public statement Following his dismissal, Mills said: “The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted BBC The publication of rumors and speculations has been encouraged.”
He added: “In 2016 an allegation of a historical sexual offense was made against me, which was the subject of a police investigation in which I cooperated fully and responded in 2018.
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“As police have said, a file of evidence was handed to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidentiary threshold for laying charges was not met.
“As the investigation relates to an almost 30-year-old allegation and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope the public and media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.”
