It can be revealed that former BBC DJ Tim Westwood, who has been the subject of several allegations of sexual misconduct, moved to Nigeria and was briefly rebranded as a cooking influencer.
The Radio 1, Radio 1Extra and Capital Xtra DJ has been questioned by police in the UK under caution several times over allegations including that he initiated unwanted sexual relationships with teenage girls and young women, but has never been formally arrested.
Now, FEMAIL can reveal that the 66-year-old DJ, who also had a show at Capital
In videos posted to her TikTok account in April, Westwood showed her followers methods for cooking okra soup, a recipe originally from Nigeria, as well as a chicken stew.
It comes after the Metropolitan Police investigated “non-recent sexual offences” in relation to the DJ, which dated between 1982 and 2016 and allegedly occurred in London.
Former BBC and Capital DJ Tim Westwood has rebranded himself as a food influencer while living in Lagos.
A police statement in October confirmed that a man had been questioned under caution four times between March 15 and October 25 this year, adding that no arrest had been made.
His career has been quiet in the UK since the allegations emerged in 2022.
However, videos on his TikTok page show the former DJ sharing his methods of cooking dishes in his kitchen in Lagos.
At the end of one clip, Westwood eats chicken and egg stew on the balcony of what appears to be his place of residence in the Nigerian city, before the camera focuses on a pool with loungers.
It came with other clips released from his stay in Lagos, which appeared to span from January to April.
However, following Westwood’s foray into the world of food influence, he has posted clips from club nights in the UK in recent weeks.
In April 2022, several women came forward in a BBC and Guardian investigation, accusing Westwood of predatory behaviour, unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate touching from the 1990s to 2017.
Three women, ages 17, 19 and 20 at the time they met Westwood, described a pattern of alleged “opportunistic and predatory sexual behavior” after agreeing to meet him.
The former DJ who has been the subject of multiple allegations of misconduct has posted instructional videos on his channel.
In his heyday, Westwood took the stage at several major events across the country, touring colleges and other institutions.
Two of them, who aspired to work in the music industry, claimed they agreed to meet Westwood in London to talk about music, before he “initiated unwanted and unexpected sexual relationships” that left them feeling “completely helpless” and “scared.” “.
Four other women said Westwood touched them while posing for a photo with him after their nightclub performances.
One woman was in her 20s when, she told the BBC, she met Westwood after assuring her mother that it was work experience helping the DJ connect with a younger audience.
She claimed that when Westwood picked her up in a large American-style vehicle, he began touching her inappropriately before a police officer spotted his “erratic driving.”
Later, in a London flat, she claimed the DJ sat next to her and tried to kiss her before having sex. She claims the work experience he offered her never materialized.
Using the alias Pamela, she said: “I’m alone in London with this guy who is much older than me.” Now, if I try to get out of this, who’s to say how she’ll react? So I just submit to it.
One of the recipes shown by Westwood in her cooking videos was okra soup, a traditional dish in Nigeria.
“It was really strange and from behind he was pulling my hair and I was thinking ‘fuck, son of a bitch he’s going to tear my hair out’.” And I remember him going out to the bathroom and I was sitting on the bed and I remember looking for my clothes so I could get dressed quickly.
‘I don’t want this man to see me naked even though he just saw me naked. He is diferent. Traumatic. That’s how he would describe it. He was disgusting and I felt like shit afterwards. I felt really disgusting. How did I let myself be subjected to that? That’s how I felt.’
Another woman, who was 17 at the time, alleged that Westwood, then in her mid-30s, also subjected her to unwanted sexual relations.
Using the alias Tamara, she claimed the encounter took place after giving Westwood a demo of her own work while she was a member of an R&B group.
‘Within the recording industry and the black community, despite being a white man, he had absolute power. He could make or break your career,” he said.
The young women say DJ Tim Westwood pressured them into unwanted sex and groped their butts and breasts while taking advantage of his powerful position in the rap world.
But once they arrived at a London apartment, she claims, Westwood, without saying anything, pulled down her pants and underwear before performing oral sex on her.
“It wasn’t talked about,” he said. ‘There was no type of communication about it. It was just, before I knew it, that’s what was happening. I’m skinny, about 5ft 3in, very small, definitely compared to him, he’s 6ft something.
“I think I remember trying to push his shoulder or his head, but he just kept going. And then I realized that I’m in a position where I’ve already gone too far.
‘I’m in a place, I’m already far from home, I wouldn’t know how to get there from here. I was manipulated into that position. They made me believe one thing when he had another in mind. Then it ends and then it’s like that didn’t happen. You just started a conversation.
Tamara said she had sex with Westwood on a few occasions over the next few years until he finally told her to stop.
He added: ‘His general demeanor, in fact, changed completely. His face changed.
“It was like he couldn’t believe I was saying no.”
A woman using the alias Pamela claims Westwood took her to a flat in central London and initiated unwanted sexual relations with her when she was 19 and he was 53.
One woman, who uses the alias Tamara, alleges that Westwood, then in her mid-30s, also subjected her to unwanted sexual relations when she was 17.
A woman, using the pseudonym Isabel, alleges that she was 19 and the DJ was 53 when he exposed his genitals to her in a car.
“I think I assumed he was in his mid-twenties, but much later I calculated it and figured he would have been 34 or 35 when I was 17. And that’s not really the age for a grown man to be hanging out with teenagers.”
A third woman, using the pseudonym Isabel, alleges that she was 19 and the DJ was 53 when he exposed his genitals to her in a car after she gave him a mixtape showing what she could do.
She told the BBC she felt “completely helpless” and “very, very scared” when he allegedly exposed his genitals to her in a car before taking her to his flat.
Isabel told the BBC that upon entering an apartment in London, a naked Westwood entered the room with a drink in his hand. He allegedly held a condom that was in a package facing her and initiated sexual intercourse with her while she remained “frozen.”
He added: ‘And then that was it. It was already over. He got off. I think she left the room. I just remember feeling so deflated and so sad and really ashamed of myself and bad.”
At the time the allegations came to light, Westwood, who was then working for Capital Xtra, resigned from his position.
A statement from its representatives in 2022 said: ‘Tim Westwood strongly denies all allegations of inappropriate behavior.
‘In a career that has spanned 40 years, there has never been any complaint against him, officially or unofficially.
“Tim Westwood strongly denies all allegations of wrongdoing.”
However, the allegations were not the first time Westwood came under fire for his behavior toward women.
In 2013, the University of Leicester expelled the DJ from its students’ union after he made lewd comments to young students in the audience during a club night.
It came after students condemned her “vulgar and sexist” behavior during a performance, which included pointing at a girl in the audience and saying: “Girl in the front row with the black dress on, I’ll be screwed.” *you later.’
She then told another girl, “Security told me you have to wear a sports bra.”
A spokesman for Westwood denied that the sexual language was harassment.
