Editing Bay City Rollers (section)

====Sexual assault allegations against manager====
Members of the Bay City Rollers have accused former manager [[Tam Paton]] of sexual abuse. In 2003, McGlynn accused Paton of trying to [[rape]] him in a hotel room in 1977.<ref name="scotsman1">{{citation |date=22 August 2007 |title=Former Rollers manager Paton cleared of rape claim |periodical=[[The Scotsman]] |url=http://news.scotsman.com/baycityrollers/Former-Rollers-manager-Paton-cleared.3319561.jp|access-date=10 April 2009 |location=Edinburgh |first=Rhiannon |last=Edward}}</ref> However, the police decided there was insufficient evidence to prosecute Paton. Paton had previous arrests for sexual misconduct with underage boys.<ref name="scotsman.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/tam-paton-bedroom-bulldozed-after-seedy-history-1-3216828|title=Tam Paton bedroom bulldozed after 'seedy' history|website=Edinburghnews.scotsman.com|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726111903/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/tam-paton-bedroom-bulldozed-after-seedy-history-1-3216828|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, McKeown accused Paton of raping him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McEwen |first=Alan |date=2016-10-17 |title=Bay City Rollers pervert Tam Paton urged band to have sex with paedophile DJ |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bay-city-rollers-gordon-clark-9059841 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref>  In the 2023 documentary ''Secrets of the Bay City Rollers,'' potential band member Gert Magnus claimed that Paton offered him a place in the band in exchange for sex.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Latif |first=Leila |date=2023-06-29 |title=Secrets of the Bay City Rollers review – one of the most disturbing accounts of abuse imaginable |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/29/secrets-of-the-bay-city-rollers-review-one-of-the-most-disturbing-accounts-of-abuse-imaginable |access-date=2023-06-30 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>