Police are believed to be investigating sexual assault allegations against the DJ.
Our main objective must be to discover the facts.” New allegations and issues are emerging as time passes and more people are prepared to come forward. “It is an important piece of work, but I see it as a first step. “In light of the issues identified by the internal review, I have asked, on behalf of the BBC board, that a broader review is now conducted and a full report is produced. An MTV spokesperson said: “We take this matter very seriously. There have been no arrests, inquiries continue.
A BBC director asks if the corporation should have done more to investigate sexual misconduct claims.
You can also get in touch in the following ways: She alleges that Westwood instead drove her to a flat in west London, where he had sex with her. Now 64, the DJ has strongly denied the allegations. Among these was an allegation that in 2007 Westwood made sexual remarks to a 15-year-old girl at a non-BBC event. For this reason the work must continue." After BBC News and the Guardian published allegations by seven women in April, the BBC said it received further allegations, including a claim of sexual assault at a BBC event in the mid-2000s and two allegations of sexual assault from the mid-1980s before Westwood's time at the broadcaster.
A leading independent barrister has been appointed by the BBC to lead the review into the conduct of disgraced former BBC DJ Tim Westwood.
Westwood denies the allegations, which were also featured in BBC documentary Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power. A joint BBC and Guardian investigation carried accusations from several women of sexual misconduct by Westwood, a superstar DJ in the UK for decades, and the BBC subsequently landed itself in hot water in April when Director General Tim Davie said he knew of no complaints against Westwood during his time there. The BBC said it is also in contact with the Metropolitan Police and as part of the ongoing work any relevant information will be passed to them.
Internal review finds corporation received several reports in 2012 about alleged misconduct of former Radio 1 DJ.
The review found that further complaints were made about Westwood after the Guardian/BBC News investigation in April. It said these included a report from a BBC staff member who alleged Westwood had sexually assaulted a woman at a BBC-linked event in the mid-2000s. White, supported by the law firm Linklaters, will aim to complete her investigation in six months. “It now appears there are allegations against Tim Westwood dating to before, during and after his employment with the BBC and also elsewhere. One was an allegation made in October 2012 that Westwood had made inappropriate sexual remarks to a 15-year-old girl at a non-BBC event in 2007, which was passed to the police. The corporation said it was in contact with the Metropolitan police and that appropriate information would be passed to them. He denied all the allegations, with a spokesperson saying they were “completely false” and there had never been any complaints against him “officially or unofficially”.
A review by the BBC has documented several accusations against Westwood, as well as complaints of alleged use of sexualised comments while on air and that ...
In April, following a joint BBC and Guardian investigation, Westwood "strongly denied" several allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position to take advantage of them. Their stories were featured in a BBC Three documentary, Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power. "It now appears there are allegations against Tim Westwood dating to before, during and after his employment with the BBC and also elsewhere.
An independent director asks if the corporation should have done more to investigate sexual misconduct claims.
You can also get in touch in the following ways: She alleges that Westwood instead drove her to a flat in west London, where he had sex with her. Now 64, the DJ has strongly denied the allegations. Among these was an allegation that in 2007 Westwood made sexual remarks to a 15-year-old girl at a non-BBC event. For this reason the work must continue." After BBC News and the Guardian published allegations by seven women in April, the BBC said it received further allegations, including a claim of sexual assault at a BBC event in the mid-2000s and two allegations of sexual assault from the mid-1980s before Westwood's time at the broadcaster.
The BBC has announced an independent review into the allegations of abuse made over the years against former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood and, crucially, ...
Tim Westwood strongly rejects all allegations of wrongdoing”. He is yet to comment on the findings of the BBC’s investigation or the discovery of the old complaints. “In light of the issues identified by the internal review, I have asked, on behalf of the BBC board, that a broader review is now conducted and a full report is produced”, he then confirmed. It now appears there are allegations against Tim Westwood dating to before, during and after his employment with the BBC and also elsewhere. The BBC is willing to work with any other employers in order to fully establish what happened”. I have asked that the next stage of this work be completed within the next six months. Following the publication of the findings of the internal investigation, Nick Serota, a senior independent director on the BBC board, said in a statement: “I am grateful to the BBC’s investigations team for the work they have done.