A private investigator was hired to tail a BBC employee alleged raped during the production of a new show.
As we reported last week, the woman concerned was working on Stacey Dooley's new BBC Three show "Hungry For It" when the alleged attack took place last September.
In the immediate aftermath of the alleged attack BBC bosses arranged for her to be moved to a hotel room.
Other workers on the show were sworn to secrecy by bosses, who clearly didn't want the story to get out.
It now transpires, according to a report in The Sun, that a private investigator was tasked with following the movements of the alleged victim.
The private investigator has revealed how they conducted surveillance on her hotel room, flat and movements.
Given the tight time frame and limited knowledge of the alleged incident, the woman clearly thinks the BBC arranged the covert surveillance.
Speaking to The Sun, the woman said: "I'd been sexually assaulted at work - one of the worst things imaginable.
"To then find out someone had put private detectives to tail me as I reported what happened to police is horrifying.
"The detail in the report is disgusting. To realise that someone was watching my bedroom at home is terrifying.
"It feels like something out of a TV drama and not real life."
Both BBC Studios (the BBC's commercial bastard offshoot) and the BBC proper have denied any involvement in hiring the private investigator.
A BBC spokesman said: "Neither BBC Studios nor the BBC have instigated, sanctioned or contracted a third party to carry out any surveillance and we have no knowledge of any such report.
"What we have been doing is fully supporting our colleague from the moment we learned about the alleged assault."
Of course readers would be well advised to take any BBC denials with a big pinch of salt, as history proves it isn't entirely honest or beyond reproach.
Don't be surprised if we learn next week that the use of a private investigator was actually signed off by the BBC Executive Board.
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