Savile's Sexual Abuse Scandal Reopens With Arrest of Gary Glitter

            The sexual abuse scandal involving popular television host on BBC, Jimmy Savile, reopened on October 28th when British police arrested Paul Gadd, more popularly known in the 1970s as Gary Glitter, in connection with the case. ITV, another British television station, released a documentary about the late Savile earlier in October, where they detailed Savile's habit of molesting teenage girls in his dressing room at the BBC studios along with Gadd. After the broadcast, almost 300 people have come forward to report being abused by Savile (Kulish). .
             The police will not confirm what led to Gadd's arrest, but recent claims surfaced that he raped a 13-year-old girl in Savile's dressing room at BBC. Karin Ward, a former pupil at Duncroft Approved School for Girls in Surrey, also recently stepped forward to accuse Savile of attacking a 14-year-old girl in front of Savile (Marsden). .
             One of the biggest outrages of the case stems from the fact that BBC producers abruptly cancelled their investigation into Savile conducted by "Newsnight" without any explanation as to why. Since Savile's depraved background was revealed by ITV, many have questioned how much BBC executives knew about Savile's molestation in the 1970s and 1980s. However, Mark Thompson, the incoming chief executive and president of The New York Times Company who was the director-general of the BBC when the "Newsnight" program stopped their investigation, reported that he knew nothing about Savile's history or the accusations. He did admit that a reporter, Caroline Hawley, had mentioned the incident at a reception immediately after the program was dropped (Kulish). .
             Although Thompson maintains that he did not know more about Savile, others have since stepped forward and acknowledged that they attempted to report the findings to Thompson. The Sunday Times, a British newspaper, tried to question Thompson further about Savile.