Tim Westwood has been charged with 15 counts of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault.
On Thursday (Oct. 9), the Metropolitan Police introduced through press launch that the 68-year-old U.Okay. DJ is going through 4 counts of rape, 9 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. The instances contain seven ladies, with the earliest case courting again to 1983 and the newest allegation being in 2016. The ladies’s ages vary from 17 on the time of the alleged incident to their early 20s.
Metropolitan Police Service Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy counseled the alleged victims for coming ahead and inspired others to do the identical.
“It takes braveness to come back ahead and report allegations of this nature,” he stated in an announcement. “The ladies who’ve finished so have put their belief in us and we proceed to offer them with all accessible assist. Our investigation stays open and we’d encourage anybody who has been impacted by this case, or anybody with info, to come back ahead and converse with us.”
The well-known U.Okay. file spinner has been marred by comparable allegations for the previous few years. In 2022, the Guardian and BBC Information reported on the accounts of 18 ladies who accused Westwood of sexual misconduct and predatory conduct. The identical 12 months, he stepped down from his present on Capital Xtra. Westwood beforehand denied the allegations. His subsequent courtroom date is Nov. 10.
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