A girl has accused DJ Tim Westwood of being a ‘predator’, claiming he had intercourse together with her a number of occasions when she was 14.
The accuser claims the DJ, now 64, was in his 30s on the time of the alleged incidents, and is certainly one of a number of to return ahead after an investigation by BBC Information and the Guardian into claims of misconduct and abuse relationship from 1990 to 2020.
Westwood has beforehand strongly denied different allegations of sexual misconduct, together with his reps saying in a previous assertion: ‘Tim Westwood strongly denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
‘In a profession that has spanned 40 years, there have by no means been any complaints made in opposition to him formally or unofficially. Tim Westwood strongly rejects all allegations of wrongdoing.’
The lady, who claims her encounters with Westwood started when she was 14, says she first met him at a membership evening in 1990 after being a fan of him, together with her and her mates typically attempting to get shout-outs from him on his Capital FM present.
She claims she and her mates turned regulars at his membership nights and he would recognise them and allow them to in without spending a dime, earlier than later asking to satisfy up together with her, the place she claims he supplied her a drink and so they sat and talked earlier than kissing.
She added: ‘I used to be like, OK, I don’t have an issue with that. After which, it progressed from there. We had intercourse.
‘I by no means gave consent [to sex], however I by no means mentioned no both so, I simply went together with it.’
She claims to have damaged off contact with Westwood when she was 16 after realising their relationship didn't really feel proper and was like a ‘soiled little secret’.
She says she didn’t inform anybody in regards to the alleged encounters as she felt she would ‘get the blame, not him… as a result of I’m no-one’.
Westwood had confronted allegations from numerous ladies, all of whom are black, in April accusing him of predatory and undesirable sexual behaviour and touching which is claimed to have occurred between 1992 and 2017.
In addition they accused the previous Radio 1, Capital and Capital Xtra DJ of abusing his place within the music trade.
BBC Information and the Guardian investigated claims from 10 ladies who got here ahead after the preliminary allegations, with some claiming they encountered Westwood once they have been beneath 18.
The testimonies of those and different ladies, a few of whom declare the alleged encounters affected their psychological well being, function in a brand new BBC Information documentary, Hip Hop’s Open Secret: Tim Westwood, which raises considerations about his behaviour.
Amongst them are allegations from a lady who claims she met the DJ at a scholar membership evening when she was 20 and allegedly was sexually assaulted by Westwood in his lodge room by him pushing his penis in her mouth whereas she was resisting.
Westwood had beforehand denied the claims of seven ladies, with a rep saying in response to the BBC documentary: ‘Our shopper confirms that there has by no means been any grievance made in opposition to him, whether or not formally or unofficially, referring to claims of inappropriate behaviour of the character described.’
He additionally stepped down from his weekly present on Capital Xtra ‘till additional discover’ in April in accordance with an announcement from the radio station’s mum or dad firm World on the time of the allegations.
Westwood labored on the BBC for 19 years and Capital Radio between 1987 and 1994, earlier than becoming a member of Capital Xtra in 2013.
A spokesperson for World advised the BBC: ‘If World goes to offer remark we are going to let you understand.’
BBC Director Normal Tim Davie mentioned the claims in opposition to Westwood could be investigated and a report printed inside two weeks, including: ‘We've an inside audit separate to myself working to the senior impartial director, Nick Serota, going via now, responding to something that's coming into us.
‘We've no goal aside from to make sure the whole lot is flushed out and we perceive precisely what occurred close to the BBC and in addition to do the fitting factor and [ensure] any circumstances are checked out.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Tim Westwood for remark.
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