This Morning bosses have appointed a replacement for Phillip Schofield on This Morning as the presenter takes a break from the show.
Phillip, 60, usually presents the TV show alongside Holly Willoughby, 42, Monday through Thursday, but so far this week he has been replaced by Alison Hammond, 48.
Now featured comedian and masked presenter Joel Dummett, 37, will replace Phillip on Wednesdays and Thursdays this week, with Phil set to return on Monday, April 3.
It comes after Phil’s brother, Timothy Schofield, 54, went on trial for sexually assaulting a pupil at school after he famously confessed to his brother.
Timothy allegedly had an “obsessive sexual interest” in a teenager and drove to Moghaddam’s house this morning to confiding in him.
Change: This Morning bosses have appointed a replacement for Phillip Schofield on This Morning as the presenter takes a break from the show
Regular slot: TV host Phillip, 60, usually presents the show alongside Holly Willoughby, 42, Monday-Thursday
ON AIR: Now featured comedian and masked presenter Joel Dummett, 37, will replace Phillip on Wednesdays and Thursdays this week
His trial heard that when he told his televsion brother that he and the boy had performed a sexual act together, Philip replied: “What did you say?” After the defendant described the “time” he and his alleged victim had spent together, the celebrity replied: “What the hell is that?”
The TV presenter told his brother it “shouldn’t happen again” and later gave a police statement that forms part of the case against his younger brother, the court said.
Timothy Scofield faces 11 counts of sexual offenses against the boy over a three-year period from October 2016. He denies all of them.
He is accused of causing him to witness and engage in sexual acts. He also allegedly performed sexual acts in front of the accused.
Opening the case, District Attorney Robin Shellard said, “This is a case of Timothy Scofield’s obsessive sexual interest in (his alleged victim) and the subsequent sexual abuse of that teenage boy.”
The jury heard how the abuse progressed until the alleged victim confronted Scofield in August 2021 and said that ‘things’ needed to stop.
The court heard that the defendant, who was working for the police in a civilian position at the time, visited his older brother the following month.
The “deviant relationship” was clearly “affecting” the defendant as well as his alleged victim, Shellard said. He said: ‘On September 12th 2021 he called his brother Philip saying his head was a mess and he could come and see him.
The trial: It follows the trial of Phil’s brother Timothy Scofield, 54 (L), accused of sexually assaulting a pupil at school after he famously confessed to his brother.
Family: Timothy was seen covering his face with a gray coat as he left Exeter Crown Court this week
The defendant is seven years younger than Philip and they were not particularly close in development, but in December 2019 the defendant told his brother that he was gay.
According to Philip, the defendant traveled that day and was very agitated. His brother described him as very angry and sad.
The defendant also told his brother that he was incapacitated. The defendant then said his brother would hate him for what he was about to say, but Philip said he would not. Then the defendant said… that last year he (he and the boy) watched and recited porn together.
Philip Scofield then said, “What did you just say?” The defendant repeated that last year and only once. Philip said it should not happen again.
Scofield then went on to describe the boy’s body in a sexual manner and said he had given him a name “for the time” they spent together, the court heard. The TV announcer replied: What the hell is that? And she was “shocked,” the court was told.
Mr Shellard said the defendant had “left home” and “the matter was never spoken of again”. The alleged victim began counseling and told a therapist about the allegations of abuse in November 2021. They reported it to the police and Scofield was arrested days later.
Standing: Alison Hammond, 48 (R), has been performing This Morning alongside Holly so far this week
Judge Mrs. Johanna Katz revealed to the jury that the defendant’s brother was a celebrity and asked them to ignore any possible anomalies stemming from his fame.
She said: ‘His brother is Philip Scofield, who is the well-known TV personality. I say “happens to be” because that fact has absolutely no relevance in this case.
She added, “Being the brother of the accused changes nothing in this trial, the accused will be tried in the same fair manner as any other defendant.”
In a police interview with the court, the alleged victim described the first time he had been abused. “It was really horrific,” he said. He said Scofield bought a projector for them to watch adult films together. The court heard that some of the films included “violent” actions and animals.
He said he realized the defendant “had all this fantasy to be sexually active with me” and accused him of developing the “scheme” over several years.
The accused was afraid to go to the police because of the “terrible mood” of the “evil and vile” accused and was “very afraid of the repercussions”.
Schofield, of Bath, Somerset, was arrested by police on 3 December 2021, and his home was raided.
They confiscated his electronic devices as browsing history showed searches for “young teen box set” and “gay teen porn torrents,” and he also had a “number of images” of “teen boys in sexual positions” among 30 inappropriate images for children. , the court was told.
Timothy Scofield (right) denies 11 sexual offenses against the boy over a three-year period from October 2016. Here he is pictured with his brother Philip Scofield (left) and their mother Pat (centre)
Timothy Scofield, pictured here leaving Exeter Crown Court today, allegedly ’emotionally blackmailed’ the boy to perform sexual acts
Timothy allegedly “emotionally blackmailed” the boy into performing sexual acts while porn was playing on the wall and became “moody, irascible, and somewhat unpredictable” after being confronted by the victim.
The teen claimed Timothy made him feel like he couldn’t “run away” from the abuse and that he was “forced” to live a “secret sex life” that felt “really, really wrong”.
The boy denied insinuations from the defendant’s attorney that he was “exaggerating” the allegations and that the sexual activity was only for 18 months when he was an older teenager.
The pupil agreed that Scofield became “moody, irascible, and somewhat unpredictable” after confronting him about the sexual acts.
He also claimed that the defendant once drank it to make him “more flexible” in the face of sexual advances.
He said it was “part of a plan” to get him drunk so that “some kind of sexual thing” would happen.
Peter Bender, an advocate, told the alleged victim that this was an “exaggeration”.
He also said he was “exaggerating” the number of years there had been sexual activity between them, suggesting it was only “18 months” when he was an older teen.
“You knew what you and the defendant were doing was wrong, but you went along with it without any hesitation,” said Mr. Bender.
Prosecutors allege Philip Scofield (left) was furious after Timothy (right) claimed a confession to him in September 2021.
The alleged victim denied that this was the case and said, “Everything I say is the truth.”
The alleged victim said that if he didn’t do what Scofield asked, he would be mad at me and give him the “cold shoulder treatment.”
“I felt like he was emotionally blackmailing me into doing it,” he said.
The trial, which is expected to last a week, continues.
The police IT technician is currently on trial for 11 sex offences, which he denies, at Exeter Crown Court (pictured)
