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Tim Westwood questioned by police over alleged sex offences

By | Published on Thursday 13 April 2023

Tim Westwood

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has now been questioned twice under caution by officers from London’s Metropolitan Police in relation to alleged sex offences.

According to the BBC, the police force is now investigating five accusations of misconduct that have been made against the DJ, with formal questioning taking place on 15 Mar and 4 Apr. However, he has so far not been arrested.

The police investigation follows a media exposé last year in which a number of women made allegations of sexual misconduct against Westwood.

Some of those women said that, after they agreed to meet with the DJ to discuss their careers in music, he had pressured them into sex. Others claimed that he had groped them as they posed for photographs at events.

Many of the alleged incidents took place between 1994 and 2013 when Westwood worked for the BBC. The broadcaster initially said it was unaware of any complaints having been made about the DJ while he was still presenting shows on its radio stations.

However, it subsequently admitted that some old complaints had now been found in the files. BBC bosses then instigated an independent review which is currently ongoing, and which is investigating the extent to which former BBC management were aware of the past allegations and how they dealt with them at the time.

The alleged offences being investigated by the Metropolitan Police reportedly date from between 1982 and 2016. Westwood has previously denied all the allegations of misconduct that have been made against him.



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