CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The man who wrote the rock opera "Tommy," you know about the boy who was abused, is free on bail after being arrested in a child pornography investigation. We're talking about Pete Townshend. CNN's Matthew Chance is outside Townshend's home in London.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well the rock star Pete Townshend of The Who is out on bail. No charges have been leveled against him by the police, although Scotland Yard says it is continuing its investigations into the activities of The Who band member. That, of course, following his arrest on Monday on suspicion of possessing, making and distributing indecent images of children. Well, the legendary guitarist has of course already admitted to passing over his credit card details over the Internet, paying for access to an Internet Web site in order to view indecent pictures of children, child pornography. But he says that the reason he was doing that was for personal research for a book which he's planning to write about his own life, an autobiography, and that he is not a pedophile. In the meantime, though, while the facts are established, police say they're continuing their investigations. They've taken away a number of computer disks from his home here in Richmond in Southwest London, a number of hard drives and the computer as well in his home to try and establish what it was exactly, if anything, that Pete Townshend was downloading from the Internet. As a condition of his bail, he's been ordered by the police to present himself at a date established later this month at his local police station, after which time they hope the investigation was -- will be completed, and they will be able to decide whether or not to press charges. Matthew Chance, CNN, outside the home of Pete Townshend in London. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Pete Townshend Makes Bail in Child Pornography Case