The BBC has reached a reported £9 million monetary settlement with Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff after a horror crash whereas filming Prime Gear.
The previous England cricket captain, 45, appeared with facial accidents in public for the primary time in September, 9 months after he was taken to hospital after he was harm whereas filming the BBC motoring present at its check observe at Dunsfold Aerodrome final December.
Each Flintoff and the BBC are “glad” with the settlement, in line with the Solar’s Saturday entrance web page, which claimed the settlement is value £9 million.
A BBC Studios spokesperson stated: “BBC Studios has reached an settlement with Freddie that we imagine helps his continued rehabilitation, return to work and future plans.
“Now we have sincerely apologised to Freddie and can proceed to help him together with his restoration.”
BBC Studios is a business firm which doesn’t use BBC Licence Payment revenue.
The BBC stated in March that it will be inappropriate to renew making the collection at the moment following an inside investigation into what occurred.
It’s understood that the choices on future episodes of Prime Gear will likely be made “in the end along with BBC Content material”.
Sequence 34 was halted following the crash.
Flintoff started presenting Prime Gear in 2019, and in addition appeared on Sky’s A League Of Their Personal and gained the primary collection of the Australian model of I’m A Celeb… Get Me Out of Right here!
His different exhibits with the BBC embody Andrew Flintoff’s Area Of Desires, the place he launched into a mission to search out cricketing expertise in his dwelling city of Preston.
In September, Flintoff joined the teaching workers of England’s cricket staff in a brief, unofficial and unpaid capability.
Representatives for Mr Flintoff have been requested for remark.