Former BBC Radio Host DJ Tim Westwood Charged With 4 Counts of Rape

Former BBC big and Capital XTRA DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with 4 counts of rape, according to a press release from London’s Metropolitan Police connected Thursday (Oct. 9).

Westwood — who is good known successful the U.K.’s hip-hop country — was besides charged with 9 counts of indecent battle and 2 counts of intersexual assault. The alleged offenses — against 7 women — day from 1983 to 2016.

“It takes courageousness to travel guardant and study allegations of this nature,” Det. Superintendent Andy Furphy of the Metropolitan Police Service said successful a statement. “The women who person done truthful person enactment their spot successful america and we proceed to supply them with each disposable support.”

The 68-year-old is slated to look successful Westminster Magistrates’ Court connected Nov. 10. According to instrumentality enforcement’s property release, Westwood is charged with indecently assaulting a 17-year-old successful 1983 and different pistillate successful her 20s successful 1986; rape and indecent battle of 2 women who were 17 and 18 years aged betwixt 1995-1996 and 2000-2001; the rape of a 20something successful 2010; intersexual battle of a 20something besides successful 2010; and intersexual battle of a women successful her 20s successful 2016. All of the alleged attacks took spot successful London, according to police.

“Our prosecutors person established that determination is capable grounds to bring the lawsuit to proceedings and that it is successful the nationalist involvement to prosecute transgression proceedings,” Chief Crown Prosecutor Lionel Idan told the BBC. “The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that transgression proceedings are active, and the suspect has the close to a just trial.”

Billboard has reached retired to Tim Westwood for comment.

Westwood, an aboriginal champion and pioneer of the U.K.’s hip-hop scene, stepped down from his show on vigor presumption Capital Xtra successful 2022 pursuing allegations of intersexual misconduct.

BBC and The Guardian published a associated probe successful 2022 featuring accusations from 7 antithetic women who alleged that Westwood engaged successful predatory behaviour and initiated unwanted intersexual advances. Westwood has denied each allegations against him.

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