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BBC presenter forced off the air by a Chelsea security guard during sex abuse report

A BBC news presenter was forced off the air by a Chelsea steward as she tried to report on sexual abuse allegations against the club.

Sophie Long was filming a bulletin outside Stamford Bridge stadium, in west London, when a security guard ordered her to stop.

The presenter had to halt her piece, with the show cutting back to news host Kate Silverton in the studio.

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Pictured: Sophie Long (pictured) was filming a bulletin outside Stamford Bridge stadium, in west London, when a security guard ordered her to stop
Pictured: Sophie Long (pictured) was filming a bulletin outside Stamford Bridge stadium, in west London, when a security guard ordered her to stop

Long was reporting on the allegations of Former Chelsea player Gary Johnson who said he was sexually assaulted hundreds of times by scout Eddie Heath while in the club's youth side in the 1970s.