The unnamed "household name" gave the youth around £35,000 in exchange for sexual images over a three-year period, it is alleged.

The person is said to have been 17 when the payments were first made in 2020 and they are now aged 20, reported The Sun.

A police statement said: "Detectives from the Met's Specialist Crime Command met with representatives from the BBC on the morning of Monday, 10 July. The meeting took place virtually.

"They are assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further enquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed.

"There is no investigation at this time."