Jermaine Jenas is facing allegations he repeatedly pestered a junior make-up artist for sex

Jermaine Jenas faces claims he kept pestering make-up artist for sex
The latest claim against former Match of the Day host Jermaine Jenas is understood to predate the ex-England player’s success with The One Show by several years

Jermaine Jenas is facing allegations he repeatedly pestered a junior make-up artist for sex.

When she told him she had a boyfriend, she says he said “come to my dressing room. I’ll [perform a sex act] on u that’s not cheating”.

The latest claim is understood to predate the ex-England player’s success with The One Show by several years. Married dad-of-four and Match of the Day pundit Jenas, 41, was sacked by the BBC in August for sending “inappropriate messages” to two female colleagues.

He has since faced similar allegations from other women. Last week it was claimed he bombarded a woman working at the World Cup in Qatar two years ago with unwanted messages asking ‘You want my boy now?’.

The latest accuser says she had just started shifts for BT Sport when he was a rising star as a football pundit. A spokesman for Jenas said: “Jermaine denies that these messages were unsolicited and it is disappointing that it has taken seven years for these accusations to come to light. Jermaine has already apologised for his past actions and is currently taking time to focus on his family.”

Jenas, 41, a married father-of-four, was abruptly sacked in August by the BBC ( Image: Getty Images)
Jenas was abruptly sacked in August by the BBC – where he also worked on flagship show Match of the Day – for sending “inappropriate messages” to two female colleagues, something he later admitted left him feeling ashamed.

The star has since said that he has a “self-destructive streak” with his relationships and is receiving therapy.

Upon his sacking from the BBC, Jenas told his former female colleagues he was “genuinely sorry” for sending inappropriate messages, issuing an apology after being told not to contact the two women due to a “legal process”.

But again he insisted the messages were “between two consenting adults” and that his behaviour was not illegal.

Jenas has said that he had to have conversations with his children after being sacked while he was on a family holiday to Marbella.

He has hit out at the corporation for his dismissal, saying: “The handling of the situation wasn’t great. It was quick — and hell. I don’t think there was a game plan for when they were going to announce they’d fired me. I think different departments were being told different things. I think it’s shocking.”