Overview

• High Court filings list a data protection claim under the Media and Communications list naming the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Limited.
• Reports say Wallace is seeking the release of hundreds of pages of confidential documents that he argues could help clear his name.
• The legal move follows an independent Banijay-commissioned inquiry that substantiated 45 of 83 historical complaints about his conduct, including inappropriate sexual language, humour, a state of undress, and one allegation of unwanted physical contact.
• Wallace was dismissed from MasterChef in July, and co-host John Torode was also let go after a separate complaint about the use of an extremely offensive racist term was upheld.
• Sources report Wallace is preparing a separate disability claim linked to his autism diagnosis recorded during the inquiry, while the BBC says it cannot comment without formal notification.