Ex-BBC DJ Tim Westwood Faces 15 Sex Offense Charges

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, facing 15 charges of assault and sexual offenses against seven women spanning more than three decades from 1983 to 2016.

The 68-year-old, from Westminster, is accused of four counts of assault, nine counts of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault. Police detailed the allegations, which include the indecent assault of a 17-year-old girl in Fulham, southwest London, in 1983; the indecent assault of a woman in her 20s in Vauxhall, London, in 1986; the rape and indecent assault of a woman aged 17 or 18 in London between 1995 and 1996; the rape and indecent assault of another woman aged 17 or 18 in London between 2000 and 2001; the rape of a woman in her 20s in London in 2010; the sexual assault of a woman in her 20s in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010; and the sexual assault of another woman in her 20s in Finchley, north London, in 2016. Several incidents allegedly occurred at BBC studios in the 1990s, while others took place at locations including a London hotel and a nightclub.

Westwood, dressed in a dark grey shirt and puffer jacket, spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth,...