Meteorologist Frank Scaglione is no longer an employee of KCCI-TV, an executive at the Des Moines station said.
KCCI news director Dave Busiek declined Monday to answer questions about the reason for Scaglione's departure and whether he was fired or left voluntarily.
On Sunday, several Twitter accounts posted allegations that Scaglione, 26, has used social media to pursue sexual relationships with boys younger than 18. The Des Moines Register contacted several people associated with the tweets.
In both the posts and in interviews with the Register, half a dozen youths described Scaglione pursuing personal relationships with them over social media, in some cases sending unsolicited pictures of genitals or of his shirtless upper body to 17-year-old boys in the Des Moines area. Several boys describe Scaglione asking increasingly personal questions, including requests to get lunch, to come to his house or to send pictures of their genitals.
