Say It Ain’t So: John Peel’s Legacy in Jeopardy Due to Underage Sex Allegations
It hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for high-profile (and deceased) BBC presenters. First, we heard of the child abuse crimes of Jimmy Savile that extended across six decades. Now there are allegations against legendary DJ John Peel.
From the Daily Mail:
A woman has claimed she may have become pregnant by DJ John Peel during a three-month affair when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
The BBC star presenter met Jane Nevin backstage at a Black Sabbath concert in the summer of 1969.
Mrs Nevin says she was ‘in awe’ of the Radio 1 DJ, then 30, and that they would go to his London BBC studio or backstage at concerts to make love.
In Summer 1969 Black Sabbath as a performing entity had yet to exist.