Top Gear host Chris Evans faces police probe over ‘sexual assault’
Beeb face dilemma over whether to take Evans off Radio 2 breakfast show with motor show future already under scrutiny
TOP Gear presenter Chris Evans is to become the most high-profile BBC star to be quizzed by police over historical sex assault allegations.
Met officers will speak to the multi-millionaire BBC star, 50, in the coming days after a complaint from a former work colleague, website report.
The star sensationally quit the hit show after ratings plummeted.
Beeb bosses now face a dilemma over whether Evans, 50, continues on his Radio 2 breakfast show.
A BBC spokeswoman declined to comment while Evans’s representatives were unavailable to comment.
She said he exposed himself to people who did not do what he wanted. She added: “He might have thought what he was doing was amusing, but like a lot of bullies he cloaked it in a joke.
“Bullies make out that you’re not being fun if you’re not being part of that joke.
“I have no idea if he was getting some gratification out of this, but he used to get his penis out every time I saw him.
“He’d either just get it out, or he’d walk into a room naked.
“Sometimes it was erect, sometimes it wasn’t. I know other people experience the same thing at work but this was quite extreme because of the relentlessness of it, almost every day for two years.”
Speaking in May she claimed he grabbed her breasts and bullied her after she rejected his advances.
She claimed her complaints were ignored and the ordeal left her traumatised and on anti- depressants.
She insisted she was speaking out to protect others at risk of being harassed by him.
The woman says she made a statement about Evans to a lawyer five years ago.
And she told of her shock when BBC chiefs signed Evans to front Top Gear, claiming they knew of his past behaviour.
Evans, said to have amassed a £55million fortune, will appear in the BBC2 show’s finale on Sunday night.
He and co-star Matt LeBlanc, who fell out during filming, missed the show’s wrap party in central London’s Soho last week.
BBC are considering the show’s future after viewing figures fell below three million.
Evans’s stint has also been dogged by complaints about his alleged bullying by ex-colleagues.
They included the husband of Top Gear executive Lisa Clark who quit after five months amid claims Evans was a control freak.
Dan McGrath, who worked on the star’s BBC radio show, took to Facebook to blast his “sh***y” behaviour
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Evans has admitted in the past that he would expose himself to staff, calling it “the funniest thing in the world”.
BBC stars found guilty of sex assault claims in the wake of Jimmy Savile include Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall and Chris Denning.
Pressure grows
CHRIS Evans has been under intense pressure since taking over Top Gear.
After his first show he was slammed by viewers for being “too shouty” and behaving like “an embarrassing dad”.
There have been claims of infighting between Evans and co-host Matt LeBlanc, 48.
Several former colleagues of the DJ have made allegations of bullying.
On Thursday The Sun revealed he had been summoned for crisis talks with BBC bosses after a string of complaints about his behaviour on set.
A social media campaign is calling for a “Chrexit” and a Top Gear referendum.