Tim Westwood

A joint investigation by the BBC and the Guardian has uncovered allegations of unwanted sexual behaviour and touching.

She says she "froze" and felt "very intimidated" by the experience. Nyla was in university when she met Westwood at a New Year's Day event in 2017, she told the BBC. She says he described her as the "pengest girl in the rave" during his DJ set and then later, while she and her friend recorded a Snapchat video with him, she says he put his hand up inside the back of her skirt. Some say they are speaking about their experiences in the hope it encourages others to come forward and leads to the DJ being "held accountable" for his behaviour. She was 17 at the time and believed the meeting was to talk about her career. Working in the same industry, she says their paths continued to cross. She says he wasn't concentrating on the road and was swerving so much that a police officer on a motorbike pulled up beside them and knocked on the passenger window. She says the DJ invited her to do work experience with him at BBC Radio 1. "He leaves the room and then he comes back completely naked," she alleges. Another woman told the BBC she met Westwood, then in his mid-30s, when she was 17 and a member of a R&B group. She says after he finished, she quickly got dressed and sat waiting to leave. She knew a national platform like BBC Radio 1 could take her to the next level. The seven women who spoke to the BBC are all black, and say they met Westwood through his work.

Veteran hip hop DJ and radio presenter Tim Westwood “strongly rejects all allegations of wrongdoing” after he was accused of sexual misconduct and predatory ...

The BBC has strict codes of conduct for all those engaged by the BBC, including on-air presenters.” A statement from the BBC to the PA news agency said: “The BBC is against all forms of inappropriate behaviour and we are shocked to hear of these allegations. A statement from a representative to the PA news agency said: “Tim Westwood strongly denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

Former BBC Radio One DJ Tim Westwood, 64, has been accused of sexual misconduct by seven black women who claim he 'abused his power' in the music industry.

If you are trying to remove an item of my clothing and I put it back on, that means I don't want it to be gone. The woman said she was supposed to be staying in a hotel, continuing: “If you’re going to do an internship somewhere, you’re not expecting that person to take you to their house. She said in the BBC3 documentary: “I remember being in the car, he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking, touching my face, running his hands in my hair. I don’t want this man to see me naked, even though he’s just seen me naked.” “If you’re actively trying to touch me and I’m pushing your hands away, that means I don't want to do anything with you. He has continued to deny the allegations made against him.

"Three of the women have accused Westwood of opportunistic and predatory sexual behaviour when they met him to discuss their music or were invited to London to ...

The BBC has strict codes of conduct for all those engaged by the BBC, including on-air presenters." "They were 17, 19 and 20 at the time. According to the description on the BBC's website, in the "explosive documentary, six women speak out about their experiences for the first time, claiming he misused his powerful position in the music industry to take advantage of them.

BBC director general Tim Davie has described sexual misconduct claims made against former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood as "appalling", calling for anyone else ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Have you been affected by any of the issues raised? They told their stories in a BBC Three documentary, Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power. And I would hope we were doing that in that time [when Westwood worked for the BBC] as well. We want to investigate it." It's shocking to see those testimonies.

Director general Tim Davie 'sees no evidence of complaints at BBC' concerning former Radio 1 DJ.

Global Radio has come under pressure to respond to the allegations of sexual misconduct made about Westwood, after three women accused the DJ of opportunistic and predatory sexual behaviour, while four others allege they were groped by him at events. “Our culture, our music, our creativity, everything about us, has been appropriated for generations, and I just think people are very, very, tired. She said it was time for a “fair and open” conversation about Westwood’s standing in black music and culture. Asked whether the BBC had any records of formal complaints about Westwood, he said: “I’ve seen no evidence of complaints. If people have evidence where things weren’t followed up or they have concern in this area bring it to us … we will follow up anything and we will dig and dig and dig. I credit the BBC and Guardian teams for going after the story.”

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In a 2008 interview with the Guardian, Westwood said: “This is my passion, this is my love, this is all I do. “I never said I was that and I don’t aspire to be that. On the show the other day I was laughing about coming from Lowestoft. “My focus and my discipline is this. The career has been a choice. West has also been accused of giving false statements to the media regarding his age and background - in 2000, when he was 43, he insisted in a Guardian interview that he was 27.