Dan Wootton MailOnline column paused amid investigation, publisher confirms

Dan Wootton MailOnline column paused amid investigation, publisher confirms

Dan Wootton’s column for the MailOnline has been paused whilst publisher DMG Media considers “a series of allegations” against him. 

DMG Media is the publisher of MailOnline. Wotton has a twice-weekly column, the last of which was published on 29 June. 

Wotton has denied any criminality in relation to claims made against him but has admitted to making “errors of judgement.” 

Amongst the allegations against him is that he used a fake online identity to offer money to individuals for sexually explicit images. 

Following the claims, the publishers of both MailOnline and his previous employers at the Sun newspaper immediately issued statements saying they were looking into the allegations against him. 

In a new statement, a DMG Media spokesperson said: “The allegations are obviously serious but also complex and historic and there is an independent investigation under way at the media group which employed him during the relevant period.

“In the meantime, his freelance column with MailOnline has been paused.”