Logan Paul has launched a scathing attack on the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of “platforming predators for the past 50 years” in response to a recent documentary about him.
The YouTuber-turned-wrestler made the accusations in a video shared with his 23.6 million subscribers on YouTube.
Paul specifically named several former BBC personalities, claiming he had ‘a list’ which included Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris and others.
In his video, Paul suggested the BBC had become interested in his work because they couldn’t ‘stop hiring category A sexual predators’ and wanted to make a ‘regurgitated hit piece on a wrestler’ to ‘divert attention’.
The social media star’s comments came after a BBC documentary titled ‘Logan Paul: Bad Influence’ attempted to investigate allegations about his involvement in cryptocurrency investments.
Paul claimed the broadcaster was trying to “divert attention” from its own history by focusing on him, stating he “reports for organisations with proven, known history of sexual misconduct”.
“I wonder what Matt knows. I’m not saying anything,” Paul added, referring to BBC reporter Matt Shea.
The confrontation began when BBC reporter Shea arrived to interview Paul about allegations surrounding his crypto investments.
Instead of meeting Paul, Shea was greeted by a lookalike named Rodney Petersen, who had been prepared a day early with suggested questions.
The BBC claims Paul’s team had insisted they fly to the Caribbean island through Storm Ernesto for the interview.
The documentary aimed to investigate claims that Paul had promoted crypto investments to his followers without disclosing his own financial interests. He denies any wrongdoing.
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The BBC allege that, after Paul posted about a crypto coin in 2021, an anonymous wallet connected to his public wallet made a profit of £95,000.
The interview quickly unravelled as Shea noticed the differences in appearance, asking: “Why do you look different to me?”
After realising he was speaking to an impersonator, Shea stormed out of the interview.
The situation escalated when groups of people stormed the set, shouting “BBC is vile, they hire paedophiles.”
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Paul watched the scene unfold from backstage, later orchestrating protesters to follow the BBC crew to the roof of the building.
The YouTuber-turned-wrestler maintains he ‘did not scam anyone’ and ‘made zero dollars off the crypto zoo allegations.’
In his response to the BBC documentary, Paul announced he had donated £39,700 to ‘a children’s organisation that focuses on children suffering and who are being abused.’
He pointedly noted this was ‘something that we have not seen the BBC do yet even though they have been platforming the worst people on the planet for the past 50 years.’
The social media star is currently facing a multi-million-pound lawsuit over his failed crypto project CryptoZoo.
Despite denying any wrongdoing, Paul has offered a £1.8million buyback programme to address the controversy.
“I’m going to take care of the people who made me look like this was a scam perpetrated by me,” Paul said.
He insisted: “I didn’t make any f***ing money, bro. I lost half a million dollars on this.”
The BBC documentary concluded that Paul chose to ‘troll’ them rather than address their allegations.
Minutes after the failed interview, the broadcaster received a letter from Paul’s lawyers warning against publishing their allegations.
