The BBC has reached a reported £9 million monetary settlement with Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff after a horror crash whereas filming High 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, based on the Solar’s Saturday entrance web page, which claimed the settlement is value £9 million.
A BBC Studios spokesperson mentioned: “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 along with his restoration.”
BBC Studios is a industrial firm which doesn’t use BBC Licence Price earnings.
The BBC mentioned in March that it will be inappropriate to renew making the collection at the moment following an inner investigation into what occurred.
It’s understood that the choices on future episodes of High Gear will likely be made “sooner or later along side BBC Content material”.
Collection 34 was halted following the crash.
Flintoff started presenting High Gear in 2019, and likewise appeared on Sky’s A League Of Their Personal and gained the primary collection of the Australian model of I’m A Superstar… Get Me Out of Right here!
His different reveals with the BBC embody Andrew Flintoff’s Discipline Of Desires, the place he launched into a mission to search out cricketing expertise in his house city of Preston.
In September, Flintoff joined the teaching employees of England’s cricket crew in a brief, unofficial and unpaid capability.
Representatives for Mr Flintoff have been requested for remark.