DJ Tim Westwood

A joint investigation by the BBC and the Guardian has uncovered allegations of unwanted sexual behaviour and touching.

She says she "froze" and felt "very intimidated" by the experience. Nyla was in university when she met Westwood at a New Year's Day event in 2017, she told the BBC. She says he described her as the "pengest girl in the rave" during his DJ set and then later, while she and her friend recorded a Snapchat video with him, she says he put his hand up inside the back of her skirt. Some say they are speaking about their experiences in the hope it encourages others to come forward and leads to the DJ being "held accountable" for his behaviour. She was 17 at the time and believed the meeting was to talk about her career. Working in the same industry, she says their paths continued to cross. She says he wasn't concentrating on the road and was swerving so much that a police officer on a motorbike pulled up beside them and knocked on the passenger window. She says the DJ invited her to do work experience with him at BBC Radio 1. "He leaves the room and then he comes back completely naked," she alleges. Another woman told the BBC she met Westwood, then in his mid-30s, when she was 17 and a member of a R&B group. She says after he finished, she quickly got dressed and sat waiting to leave. She knew a national platform like BBC Radio 1 could take her to the next level. The seven women who spoke to the BBC are all black, and say they met Westwood through his work.

TW: Sexual misconduct, harassment, abuse. In a joint investigation from the BBC and Guardian, seven detailed accounts of unwanted sexual behaviour from the ...

Four women also share their accounts of being touched and “grabbed” by the DJ while posing for photos with him. Tamara shares to the BBC her account of meeting up with the DJ at age 17. Believing they would also be discussing music, she met with the DJ who took her to a flat. In the US, the national sexual assault hotline is 1 (800) 656 4673. “I’m in London alone with this man,” she says in the report. At age 20, she was called in for work experience with the DJ, who touched her inappropriately as he drove her to an apartment.