UK DJ Tim Westwood charged with rape, sexual assault

UK constabulary connected Thursday charged seasoned British hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood with aggregate counts of rape and intersexual battle against young women allegedly betwixt 1983 and 2016.

The charges, which see 4 accusations of rape, 9 counts of indecent battle and 2 counts of intersexual assault, travel aft respective women successful 2022 accused the erstwhile BBC Radio 1 DJ of predatory intersexual behaviour oregon groping.

Westwood, 68, is accused of charges relating to 7 antithetic women, including indecently assaulting a 17-year-old miss successful 1983, raping a pistillate aged 17-18 betwixt 1995 and 1996, and raping a pistillate successful her 20s successful 2010.

Most of the alleged assaults took spot successful London.

“Our probe remains unfastened and we’d promote anyone who has been impacted by this case, oregon anyone with information, to travel guardant and talk with us,” Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy from London’s Metropolitan Police said successful a statement.

Westwood, who antecedently denied allegations that were made successful 2022, is owed to look astatine Westminster Magistrates’ Court successful London connected November 11.

Earlier this year, the BBC admitted it “fell abbreviated and failed people” aft uncovering grounds of Westwood’s “bullying and misogynistic behaviour” erstwhile helium was astatine the British broadcaster betwixt 1994 and 2013.

In the study it commissioned pursuing allegations reported by BBC quality services and The Guardian successful 2022, the BBC’s absorption said determination was nary “widespread knowledge” successful the organisation astir predatory behaviour concerns.

The broadcaster has been shaken by aggregate intersexual scandals involving its apical endowment successful caller years, including erstwhile quality anchor Huw Edwards and ex-presenter Jimmy Savile.

Comedian Russell Brand, who presented a amusement connected BBC’s Radio 2 betwixt 2006 and 2008 is presently connected proceedings successful London accused of intersexual offences.

Westwood presented MTV UK’s “Pimp My Ride” from 2005 to 2007 and is often cited arsenic an inspiration for Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional Ali G character, a middle-class, suburban younker who acts successful a mode helium thinks is emblematic of achromatic people.

He is the lad of a erstwhile Anglican bishop from the eastbound of England, and was wounded successful a drive-by shooting successful London successful 1999.

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