Tim Westwood has been interviewed beneath warning by police in relation to 5 sexual offence allegations that date again over 40 years.
As the Guardian reviews, the previous BBC Radio 1 DJ, 65, was interviewed by the Metropolitan Police in March and once more final week about offences he allegedly dedicated in London between 1982 and 2016.
In a press release, a spokesperson for the Met mentioned: “Police are investigating 5 reviews referring to allegations of non-recent sexual offences allegedly dedicated by a person. The offences are alleged to have occurred in London between 1982 and 2016.
“A 65-year-old man was interviewed beneath warning on 15 March 2023 and 4 April 2023. There was no arrest.”
The assertion didn’t title Westwood, who labored as a DJ at Radio 1 between 1994 and 2013.
It’s reported that the allegations span the interval of Westwood’s employment at Capital Xtra and the BBC.
In April of final yr, Westwood was accused of sexual misconduct by a number of girls in a joint investigation by the Guardian and BBC Information. Westwood strenuously denied all of the allegations. A spokesperson additionally instructed the Guardian on the time that the claims had been utterly false.
The DJ stepped down from his Capital Xtra radio present shortly afterwards. Final summer time, the BBC revealed that it had obtained six allegations of misconduct in opposition to Westwood, one in every of which was handed over to police.
In an extra investigation, the BBC Information documentary Hip Hop’s Open Secret: Tim Westwood, the DJ was accused of getting intercourse with a 14-year-old lady when he was in his 30s.
Moreover, one other lady got here ahead to element what she described as a “controlling” relationship when she was 16 and Westwood was in his 40s. Two others claimed they had been sexually assaulted by Westwood once they had been of their mid-teens.
In response to the preliminary BBC documentary, a spokesperson for the DJ mentioned: “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.”
