In April 2022 the BBC and the Guardian published the stories of seven women alleging predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour by Tim Westwood, in incidents ranging from 1992 to 2017.

The first articles detailed how he abused his powerful position in the music industry to exploit women, and received well over 3.6m views within 24 hours. The news led national news bulletins and made headlines around the world, also prompting a massive response on social media. The investigation also raised serious questions for the BBC, where he worked for nearly 20 years.

The story had huge impact, leading to the DJ stepping down from his job at Capital Xtra, a police investigation and an external inquiry into what the BBC did or didn’t know.

The Director General of the BBC initially said he had found no evidence of complaints about the former presenter. After numerous Freedom of Information requests by the reporting team, and an appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the BBC revealed in early July that it had found six complaints about Tim Westwood, including one of a sexual nature. This led to the independent review by Gemma White KC.

The team published the second part of their investigation in July, detailing new allegations from ten women, in incidents dating from 1990 to 2020, including serious sexual assault.

In total, they have now investigated and published the stories of 18 women. In April the Met Police confirmed that a 65-year-old man has been questioned twice under police caution for five non-recent alleged sexual offences.

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