A woman claims DJ Tim Westwood of participating in ongoing sexual activity that started when she was just 14 years old.
She describes Mr. Tim Westwood as a “predator” and asserts that he was 30 years old at the time.
The woman is only one of many who have come forward as a result of a News and Guardian investigation into allegations of wrongdoing and abuse from 1990 to 2020.
Mr. Westwood was contacted but did not respond.
It is against the law to have sex with a 14-year-old in the UK.
Several women accused the former Radio 1 DJ in April of engaging in unwanted and exploitative touching and behaviour between 1992 and 2017.
Additionally, they charged him with abusing his power within the music industry
Some of the women claimed they met Mr.
One claims that she initially had intercourse with Mr. Tim Westwood at the age of 14.
Another claims that she was 16 years old when the DJ, who was then in his 40s, started what she describes as a “controlling” relationship with her.
Relationships, according to both ladies, had an impact on their mental health.
Mr. Westwood allegedly sexually assaulted two more ladies while they were in their mid-teens.
One lady, who was 20 years old when she first met the DJ at a student club event, claims that he molested her in his hotel room by forcing his penis into her mouth as she struggled.
“Our client certifies that there has never been any complaint lodged against him, whether formally or unofficially, related to charges of inappropriate behaviour of the sort mentioned,” they stated.
The British hip-hop DJ left his weekly Saturday night radio programme on Capital Xtra following those allegations, according to a statement from parent company Global at the time.
Tim Westwood did so “until further notice.”
To protect their identities, all but one of the women’s names have been changed.
Esther was the youngest of all those who spoke and the Guardian at the time that she claims the DJ had sex with her.
She claims that the incident occurred when she was 14 and that it later inspired her to try suicide.
In 1990,
she initially ran into him at one of his club events at the Arch in Vauxhall.
She and her pals frequently called the programe for a shout-out because they were great fans of the DJ’s hip-hop show on Capital radio.
They frequently attended his club night. “Tim Westwood would frequently observe us. He’d allow us in for free
She claims that the DJ inquired her age, which allowed him to determine how young she was
He didn’t appear stunned in any way, she claims. She asked whether she could keep coming, and he responded, “Sure you can.”
“He simply started asking, “Oh are you coming tonight, you know, so I can put your name at the door,” after I suppose we swapped numbers.
Then, I’d estimate that it was a few months later that he wanted to see me at Hammersmith Station.”
She claims that the DJ picked her up and took her to a flat in west London. She declined his offer of a drink and stated she only wanted a juice. He gave her a kiss after they had seated and spoken.
“Okay, I don’t have an issue with that, I thought. It continued to advance from there. We got sexual.”
There would be more occasions as well.
She claims that the DJ would phone her at home, after 18:30 because he was aware that her mother worked nights, and they would set up a meeting.
She claims, “I never consented [to sex], but I never said no either, so I simply went along with it.”
Esther, who described herself as a “bit of a troubled teen”, says she broke off contact with the DJ when she was 16, and realised it didn’t feel right.
She says it felt like a “dirty little secret”.
“I kind of thought it was normal but that’s because I didn’t understand the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t a relationship and it wasn’t about love, it was just a thing, and a thing you couldn’t discuss with anybody.”
She says it feels like the DJ had groomed her, and describes Mr Westwood as a “predator”, and herself as “prey”.
She claims she kept it a secret because she was afraid she would “get the blame, not him… since I’m nobody.”
Shortly later,
Esther began a new relationship, and her then-partner revealed that they were “repulsed” to find that the older DJ had had sex with the youngster.
When Lydia, a second lady to come forward, started attending Mr. Westwood’s night at the Caesars club in Streatham, south London, she was a college student doing her A-levels.
Elizabeth claims she met Mr. Westwood in 2019 at a club night, similar to many of the other ladies. He was in his 60s and she was 19.
She claims that over the course of the following year, they had two sexual encounters that she describes as consenting but “uncomfortable”—partly due to their differing ages and partially because he put pressure on her to consume large amounts of alcohol.
When she told him she was turning 20 years old, he reportedly said he hoped he had more time to have sex with her while she was still a teenager.
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