"Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has denied multiple charges of rape, indecent assault and sexual assault. The 68-year-old has been accused of committing offences against seven women as young as 17 years old between 1983 and 2016, including three indecent assaults at the BBC studios in the 1990s. Westwood, of Westminster, pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court on Monday morning."
"Westwood is accused of four indecent assaults in the 1980s in London as well as three indecent assaults at the BBC in the 1990s. The defendant is also alleged to have raped a woman in a hotel in 1996. Westwood is further accused of two indecent assaults and one count of rape from the early 2000s at a London address,"
Tim Westwood faces charges including four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault alleged across 1983–2016 involving seven women, some aged 17. Allegations include incidents at BBC studios in the 1990s, a hotel in 1996, London addresses in the 2000s and 2010s, and a Stroud nightclub in 2010. Westwood appeared at Southwark Crown Court, pleaded not guilty to all counts, and was granted bail with a condition not to contact the complainants. A provisional trial date was set for 25 January 2027. The BBC Board apologised for previously inadequate action.
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