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[Other Sport] George Riley..suspended on allegations
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Weststander
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If true, that's big blow to the likes of Nicky Campbell, Rachel Burden and Tony Livesey.
Whenever they go over to their close mate and know-it-all Riley, they hang on his every word as his criticises managers and talks the talk.
5live will be a little more humble whilst he's on gardening leave.
Whenever they go over to their close mate and know-it-all Riley, they hang on his every word as his criticises managers and talks the talk.
5live will be a little more humble whilst he's on gardening leave.
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LamieRobertson
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Also talks about another unamed make ...wonder how long before a name pops out
Are we allowed to quip about about alleged sexual harassment now ?
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downham seagull
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Would not like to comment until the investigation is complete. He has always come over as "can't be arsed" kinda attitude and would not miss him if he wasent on anymore.
Peter Grummit
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No comment at all on the allegations, but I too wouldn't miss his know-it-all, aren't-I-the-man, Leeds-centric approach to sports broadcasting.
PG
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Find him very irritating
Hillian1
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Radio presenters, wronguns all of them
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Allegations. Not proven! But in this day and age, we haven’t got time for innocent until proven guilty. Feel sorry his name is already in tatters. As soon as you share a headline with ‘sexual allegations’ you’re absolutely done for. Whether guilty or not, crass or creepy. He’s done for. Especially at the Beeb.
AmexRuislip
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This!
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Noooo, please not George...
- Apr 13, 2015
- 3,860
He has always given me the impression of being a smarmy git, full of his own sense of self importance.... it doesn't surprise me at all. His exchanges with the 'gals' on 5live in the mornings are always a bit sparky and cringeworthy.
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I listened to the first two hours of the show and it was most refreshing not to hear him drone on. He hasn't put in a late appearance has he?
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Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Very sad too see this story yesterday.
Cards on the table, George is a longtime colleague at the snooker and also a friend.
The first thing to say is that after due process and investigation, if he is proven to have done what he is accused of then he deserves what is coming. And for a high profile BBC presenter I imagine that is career death.
Personally I would be very surprised if he has done what he is accused of as reported, but we'll soon know and I haven't spoken to him since it broke.
But there are some troubling aspects to the way he has been publicly shamed and dragged through the mud before due process has been carried out.
This is a work disciplinary, not a court case. Why has his name been released before a decision on his guilt or innocence?
This all seems on the say-so of what is basically a gossip group at the bbc.
Why is there another male presenter unnamed? Is he a bigger, more important name? Better lawyer?
A witch hunt is always the enemy of real truth and due process. Let it take place but I suspect the damage is done even if he were cleared.
I repeat, if he has done what is alleged then he's got what's coming but we are not at that point yet.
Cards on the table, George is a longtime colleague at the snooker and also a friend.
The first thing to say is that after due process and investigation, if he is proven to have done what he is accused of then he deserves what is coming. And for a high profile BBC presenter I imagine that is career death.
Personally I would be very surprised if he has done what he is accused of as reported, but we'll soon know and I haven't spoken to him since it broke.
But there are some troubling aspects to the way he has been publicly shamed and dragged through the mud before due process has been carried out.
This is a work disciplinary, not a court case. Why has his name been released before a decision on his guilt or innocence?
This all seems on the say-so of what is basically a gossip group at the bbc.
Why is there another male presenter unnamed? Is he a bigger, more important name? Better lawyer?
A witch hunt is always the enemy of real truth and due process. Let it take place but I suspect the damage is done even if he were cleared.
I repeat, if he has done what is alleged then he's got what's coming but we are not at that point yet.
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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Another clear case of one rule for one etc, ITV have gone down a similar path with Corrie's Bruno Langley, charged with sexual assault and sacked from his role as Todd with immediate effect, unlike William Roache, who was merely put on 'gardening leave' whilst his case went to Crown Court.
Will Langley return to The Street if he's acquitted like Roache was?
Somehow I doubt it.........
Looking at it another way why would the BBC not state that one of their employers is on a work disciplinary charge? They’ve got into a lot of bother in the past by hushing stuff like this up. And numerous industries take disciplinary action and name the individual ranging from services like the army and the police to private companies and even our football club. You allude to witch hunts, adding a lot of supposition to your post etc but you are clearly in the dark about what’s happened. Maybe it is a lot less sinister and maybe it’s just a regular work disciplinary issue going through the motions? That said has the BBC actually named him?
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