London ( CNN ) -- British media have named entertainer Freddie Starr as the second celebrity to be arrested in connection with an investigation into sex abuse claims involving late BBC TV host Jimmy Savile . Starr , a well-known comedian in the United Kingdom , was arrested on suspicion of sexual offenses Thursday , British media reports say . In media interviews last week , Starr denied the allegations against him , which were made in a TV report . Read more : British police make first arrest in Savile investigation . Police did not release the suspect 's name , identifying him only as `` Yewtree 2 , '' but said he falls under the `` Savile and others '' strand of their investigation , dubbed Operation Yewtree . He is from Warwickshire and in his 60s , London 's Metropolitan Police said . He was released on bail early Friday . A London man , who British media reported to be 1970s pop star Gary Glitter , was arrested Sunday , also on suspicion of sexual offenses . Read more : How celebrity child sex scandal has rocked the BBC . A TV documentary a month ago detailed allegations of sexual abuse against Savile , who died last year . Police investigating the scandal are dealing with about 300 apparent victims , Cmdr . Peter Spindler told reporters . Savile 's targets were apparently mostly girls in their mid-teens in what Spindler said was `` alleged abuse on an unprecedented scale . '' The British TV icon died in October 2011 at age 84 . But authorities have said they are preparing an arrest strategy for others , still living , against whom allegations have been made in connection with the Savile case . Jimmy Savile : National treasure in life , reviled 'sex abuser ' in death . Countless Britons who grew up watching Savile on TV 's `` Top of the Pops '' and his children 's program `` Jim 'll Fix It '' have been left reeling by the slew of claims against him in the past month . The reputation of the British Broadcasting Corporation , his former employer , has also been tainted by the scandal amid questions about how his abuse went undetected , and its decision to drop a program investigating allegations against him last year . `` Now the BBC risks squandering public trust because one of its stars over three decades was apparently a sexual criminal ; because he used his programme and popularity as a cover for his wickedness ; because he used BBC premises for some of his attacks , '' BBC Chairman Lord Patten wrote in an editorial published Sunday in the Daily Mail . Read more : Former BBC chief explains dropped Savile investigation . The BBC has said it is horrified by the revelations and has launched two independent inquiries . NatWest Bank confirmed this week that the distribution of Savile 's estate , most of which he is reported to have left to a charitable trust , `` has been put on hold . '' It has been suggested the money could be used to pay compensation to some of his alleged victims if they file legal claims . Last Saturday , Savile 's family made its first public statement since the claims of sexual abuse of underage girls destroyed the reputation of a man they had regarded as a hero . Savile 's nephew , Roger Foster , had defended his late uncle -- who hosted shows watched and heard by a generation of young Britons -- in a newspaper interview before the allegations first emerged in the TV documentary a month ago . Read more : Relatives of disgraced Savile voice their anguish . But as those few claims snowballed into hundreds , the family had to face up to the horrific truth : that the man they were so proud of as a media star and tireless charity fundraiser had a far darker side to his past . `` I watched the program in horror and could not believe that these allegations were about our uncle . This was n't the man we knew and loved , '' Foster said . `` We began to have doubts as to our own feeling towards our uncle . How could the person we thought we knew and loved do such a thing ? `` Why would a man who raised so much money for charity , who gave so much of his own time and energy for others risk it all doing indecent criminal acts ? How could anyone live their life doing the 'most good and most evil ' at the same time ? '' CNN 's Laura Smith-Spark and Per Nyberg contributed to this report .
British media name the second suspect arrested as comedian Freddie Starr . The suspect is in his 60s and from Warwickshire , British police say ; he 's out on bail . Police have not said if they are looking for any other suspects or whether there was a link to terrorism. Police say they are dealing with about 300 apparent victims .