Tim Westwood retired from his show Capital Xtra after nine years after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct.
Yesterday, the 64-year-old man was accused of initiating unwanted sex by three women, while four others claimed to have touched their buttocks or breasts at events, the Guardian and the BBC reported.
The earliest alleged incident dates back to 1992, and the last is in 2017. Three of the women, aged 17, 19 and 20 at the time, described a pattern of alleged “opportunistic and predatory sexual behavior” after agreeing. to meet him.
Today, Westwood was removed from two of the weekend events he was due to appear after allegations of sexual misconduct.
The DJ, who is not married, categorically denied all allegations.
A Westwood spokesman told MailOnline: “Tim Westwood categorically denies any allegations of misconduct.
“In his career, which has lasted 40 years, there have never been any complaints against him, officially or unofficially. Tim Westwood categorically denies all allegations of wrongdoing.
Westwood became famous after hosting BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra for 19 years and featuring a weekly hip-hop show on Capital Xtra from 2013.
A spokesman for Global, the company that owns Capital Xtra, told MailOnline: “Following the recent allegations, Tim Westwood withdrew from his show until further notice.”
Tim Westwood retires from Capital Xtra show nine years after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct
The event page on Tim Westwood’s official website was removed after allegations of sexual misconduct came to light. His celebrations in Bognor Regis, Birmingham and Bedford have been canceled
The first alleged incident is said to have occurred in 1992, and the last in 2017.
A woman who claims her breasts were caught by a veteran DJ in 2000 said she was left feeling “cold and dirty” after the alleged incident.
Another woman described how she “froze” and felt “very intimate” after Westwood said he said “grab some ass” before putting his hand on the back of her shorts after meeting the girl in club in Ayia Napa, Cyprus in 2009
Three others, aged 17, 19 and 20 at the time, described a pattern of alleged “opportunistic and predatory sexual behavior” after agreeing to meet with him.
Two of them, who had ambitions to work in the music industry, said they agreed to meet with Westwood in London to discuss music before he “initiated unwanted and unexpected sex” that made them feel ” completely powerless ”and“ scared ”.
Four other women say Westwood touched them as he posed for a photo with him after his nightclub performances.
The DJ said he did not behave as described and said all allegations were false.
Tim Westwood urges woman to keep her top at an event filmed for his YouTube channel shown in the documentary Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power last night on the BBC
He also hugged a woman once, looking at her top and asking, “I like your trunk – is it real?”
In another case, he grabbed a woman’s hand after telling her she was beautiful while behind the scenes at a festival
Rap star Cardi B once asked him, “Are you having sex with a lot of black girls,” to which he replied: “Not as much as I would like” in an interview in which he was accused of being inappropriate
“He offered an internship and then started kissing my neck.”
Pamela is 20 when she says that Westwood invited her to work for Radio 1 after meeting her through her work in the music industry.
She said he told her he wanted to learn how to “attract a younger audience” and assured her “strict Jamaican mother” that she would be safe to travel to London from the Midlands. However, when he took her from the station with his car, he started stroking her legs and touching her face, Pamela claims *.
Westwood is said to have taken her to his apartment, where he began trying to kiss her on the neck and take off her clothes. She said she thought, “I’m in London alone with this man. Now, if I try to get out of this, who’s going to say how I’m going to react … so I just obeyed.
She said the 2000 test was “traumatic” and “disgusting”. The promised work experience never came true.
Pamela shocked the BBC by allowing Westwood to abuse her “celebrity status”, adding: “Who will they trust? This little girl from the Midlands or this big shiny star from London?
* Names have been changed to protect your identity
That’s when the revived footage revealed the chilling moment. Tim Westwood urged a fan to stay in his bra while watching her on stage during a new documentary where the DJ was accused of touching black women at concerts.
The 64-year-old son of the former Bishop of Peterborough was filmed calling a cat to a woman as she tried to hide as he shouted from the deck, “Hey, honey, you don’t have to put your top back on.”
The footage was revealed for last night’s BBC3 film Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power, where he is also caught squeezing a woman as he looks down at her top and asks, “I like your trunk – is it real?”
The documentary also shows him refusing to let go of a woman’s hand after apparently whispering something sexual in her ear while behind the scenes at a festival.
Another video shows Westwood interviewing rapper Cardi B in an interview with Capital FM in 2017.
The American artist asked him: “Do you have sex with a lot, you know, black girls?” Westwood replied after a pause: “Not as much as I would like” in an interview where he was accused of being inappropriate for the star.
Westwood, who denies all allegations made by seven women and describes the allegations as untrue, is accused of using his position as a BBC DJ and MOBO winner to touch black women and even force some to have sex with them.
The holiday events in Birmingham and Bogner Regis, where the veteran hip-hop DJ was due to appear, were canceled and women’s safety campaign groups erupted in Westwood after the allegations.
Andrea Simon, director of the Coalition to End Violence Against Women, told MailOnline: “We stand in solidarity with the black women who came up with their story of sexual violence by Tim Westwood.
“This is a horrific abuse of power in an industry full of racism, sexism and misogyny.
“No survivor should be afraid to report sexual violence because they may not be trusted.
“But the reality is that this is a daily experience for black women and all those who experience racial discrimination in a judiciary that is so poorly ordered against survivors.
“This goes beyond the police and the judiciary, through the media, the music industry and all the institutions where we see no responsibility because of cultures of silence and impunity.
“We will not accept this because it is not the way it should be. We want justice and change.
The unidentified women were in their late teens or early 20s when they claimed to have been attacked by the former Radio 1 star.
Each made their own allegations following anonymous allegations of sexual abuse against Westwood on social media two years ago.
One prosecutor alleges that Westwood took her to an apartment in central London and started having unwanted sex when she was 19 and he was 53.
She told the BBC that she felt “completely powerless” and “very, very scared” when he allegedly exposed his genitals to her in a car.
Another woman, who was 17 at the time, claimed that Westwood, then in her thirties, had also subjected her to unwanted sex.
Using the pseudonym Tamara, she claims that the meeting took place after she gave Westwood a demo of her own work while she was a member of an R&B group.
“In the record industry and the black community, even though he was a white man, he had absolute power. He can make or break your career, “she said.
But after arriving at an apartment in London, she claims that Westwood, without saying anything, took off his pants and underwear before having oral sex with her.
One prosecutor claims that Westwood took her to an apartment in central London and started having unwanted sex when she was 19 and he was 53. He denied all allegations by the women.
Westwood, pictured above in 2005, is at the center of a sexual violence storm after charges have been filed against him in recent years.
“It was a horrible silence … I was so ashamed of myself”
Isabel was 19 when she said she gave Westwood the mixtape to a club, knowing he was the “head goalkeeper” for a dream spot on Radio 1.
Westwood, then 53, called her the next day and invited her to come to London from his home in the Midlands.
He picked her up from the station, but she began to panic as he stepped out of central London.
The mood became “threateningly quiet” before he patted her hand. She turned and claimed that he had unbuttoned his pants and exposed his genitals. She told the BBC: “I looked and saw and said to myself ‘oh, no, oh, no’, like ‘oh my god’.
Isabelle * claims that Westwood took her to her apartment, where she felt “completely powerless” and “very, very scared”.
Westwood is said to have left the room before re-entering “completely naked”. He started spoiling a condom from a package with his face from a Durex promotional campaign. Isabel was left “frozen in fear” and “knew what was going to happen at that moment” while the DJ pushed her, she said. “I remember feeling so worried,” she added. ‘It’s so sad. I’m really ashamed of myself and I’m bad.
* Names have been changed to protect your identity
A woman using the pseudonym Isabel claims she was 19 and the DJ was 53 when he exposed his genitals to her in a car.
Isabel told the BBC that after entering an apartment in London, naked Westwood entered the room with a drink in hand. It is alleged that he held a condom and had sex with her while she remained “frozen”.
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