Responding to allegations of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault, UK Radio DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to claims by seven women and alleged incidents spanning from 1983 to 2016.
Charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, on Monday (12.08,) the former BBC Radio 1 host appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court at which time the 68-year-old spoke only to confirm his name and plead ‘not guilty’ to all 15 charges.
According to BBC News, the 68-year old radio personality was granted bail until his trial, which is slated to begin in January of 2027.
During the proceedings, the court heard that three of the alleged indecent assault offenses took place in the BBC Studios in 1996. Having worked for the legendary British broadcasting company between 1994 and 2013, the defendant was charged with the alleged offenses in October of 2025 following a lengthy investigation by London’s Metropolitan Police.
Accused of indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Fulham, west London, in 1983, and indecently assaulting a woman in her 20s in Vauxhall, south London, in 1986, Westwood is also charged with indecently assaulting and raping a teenager aged between 17 and 18 in central London in the mid-1990s, raping and indecently assaulting another teenager of the same age between 2000 and 2001, raping a woman in her 20s in London in 2010, allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in Stroud, Gloucestershire, that same year, and sexually assaulting another woman in her 20s in Finchley, north London, in 2016.
After his exit from BBC Radio 1, Westwood hosted a show on Capital Xtra until 2022.
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