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' axe from her £155,000-a-year radio show, Mornings with Kaye Adams, is an 'ageist and sexist stitch-up', claimed a source close to the star.
On Friday, it was reported a disciplinary probe found the presenter had been found guilty of inappropriate behaviour allegedly swearing at a colleague, throwing a pen at another and berated an intern's professional ability.
Two complaints of bullying against Kaye were not upheld and she has now parted company with the BBC, after initially being suspended in October last year while the investigation took place.
Now, an insider close to the former star has leapt to her defence and said the axe 'doesn't make sense' as she had worked at the broadcaster for 15 years 'without issue'.
They told The Sun Kaye is leaving the job 'with her head held high and conscience clear'.
They said: 'It feels like a stitch-up. Her ratings are really good, the highest on BBC Scotland. She’s worked there for 15 years without issue, and at without complaints since 1999. Are we to believe she has suddenly become a different person?
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Kaye Adams' axe from her £155,000-a-year BBC radio show, Mornings with Kaye Adams, is an 'ageist and sexist stitch-up', claimed a source close to the star
'She’s freelance, so they could have just said, "This isn’t working out". It doesn’t make sense, unless the BBC just wanted her out and didn’t want to be accused of ageism and sexism as it has been in the past.'
BBC bosses have already lined up her replacement – broadcaster and DJ Grant Stott.
One incident, where Kaye is said to have used the offensive c-word against a colleague, is believed to have taken place more than a decade ago and resulted in the person refusing to work on the show that day.
In another incident, the presenter is said to have lobbed a pen at a producer in frustration at an element of the day's programme.
Her friend told the publication: 'The C-word allegation, which she categorically denies saying, relates to a heated exchange 14 years ago, dealt with at the time, so why dig it up again?
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'As for the allegation that she threw a pen at someone, she sits in the radio booth, an empty room, on her own. The news jingle crashed into a sensitive conversation with a caller, and she allegedly threw it in frustration.'
They questioned if 'a couple of frustrated exchanges is worth someone losing their job' and that Kaye had raised concerns with management over the past three years about feeling unsupported in a high pressure job due to having an inexperienced team.
The insider added some people who have worked with Kaye over the years have even written to the BBC, urging the broadcaster to reconsider.
An insider close to the former Loose Women star has leapt to her defence and said the axe 'doesn't make sense' as she had worked at the broadcaster for 15 years 'without issue'
The mother of two worked at BBC Scotland for 15 years until she was unceremoniously suspended on October 7 last year.
She had her own phone-in show, Call Kaye, before it moved to a new format called 'Mornings with…', which she presented several times a week.
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Kaye is still a regular panellist and presenter on ITV's Loose Women, which previously said it was standing by the star.
Many of her fellow presenters have come out in support of her since her suspension, including Denise Welch and Nadia Sawalha.
She also hosts a weekly podcast, How to Be 60, with Karen MacKenzie where she has previously spoken about the stress she has been under during the BBC probe.
Just last month she admitted she had lost weight and 'hadn't felt like eating' and previously told the Mail on Sunday her name had been 'dragged through the mud'.
