{"id":965165,"date":"2026-05-16T20:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965165\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:10:29","slug":"scott-mills-to-sue-the-bbc-over-shock-radio-2-sacking-in-bombshell-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965165\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Mills to sue the BBC over shock Radio 2 sacking in bombshell development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Mills has enlisted lawyers to sue the BBC after they sacked him in relation to a police investigation concerning an underage boy, the Mirror can reveal<\/p>\n<p>18:27, 16 May 2026Updated 18:28, 16 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scott Mills \" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Wonka-film-premiere-London-UK-28-Nov-2023.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Scott Mills is to sue the BBC \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Scott Mills is to sue the BBC (Image: Dave Hogan\/Hogan Media\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Axed star <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/scott-mills\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Scott Mills<\/a> is set to sue the BBC for unfair dismissal after his shock sacking, the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Mirror<\/a> can exclusively reveal. The DJ has enlisted top laywers to lodge a case against the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">BBC<\/a>. It&#8217;s understood he will claim that he disclosed the full details of the cop probe &#8211; including the accuser\u2019s age &#8211; to BBC Radio 1 bosses at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The BBC has previously said that they knew about the investigation but that &#8220;new information\u201d came to light which sources claim was the fact the accuser was under 16. But it&#8217;s understood Mills will argue that this was all raised at the time to Radio 1. A source said: &#8220;It&#8217;s going to get very messy indeed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mills was interviewed by police in 2018 under caution after being accused of serious sexual offences against a boy under the age of 16. A full file was sent to the CPS, who said there was not enough evidence to charge him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scott Mills \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Mundo-Pixar-Experience-Wembley-Park-London-UK-12-Feb-2026.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Scott Mills is set to sue \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Scott Mills is set to sue (Image: James Veysey\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Friends have been rallying around the star who is said to be devastated about being axed. A source said: &#8220;Friends are very worried about him.&#8221; The 53-year-old DJ was recently spotted with his husband Sam Vaughan and their dog near their Hertfordshire home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mills previously issued a statement via lawyers thanking his well-wishers. He said: &#8220;I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On the police probe, he said: &#8220;The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence, which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully co-operated and responded to in 2018.&#8221; He added: &#8220;Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed seven years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Mills has enlisted lawyers to sue the BBC after they sacked him in relation to a police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,135,33237,169359,16,15],"class_list":["post-965165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-metropolitan-police","tag-radio-1","tag-scott-mills","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116586075523364751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}