
Copies of the long-awaited Smith report into abuse by Jimmy Savile on BBC premises are said to have been circulated among executives at the coporation.
The report by Dame Janet Smith was set up in 2012 after widespread sexual abuse by the late DJ was revealed and it emerged that the BBC had suppressed a Newsnight report which would have brought the matter to light in late 2011. The Smith report is said to have cost £5m.
Lawyer Liz Dux, who represents more than 100 alleged victims of Savile, told the Mail on Sunday: "This is supposed to be an independent report, so I will be questioning why it may have already been released to BBC senior management and yet no information has been given to those brave enough to give evidence in person.”
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