Tim Westwood Denies Two More Charges As January Trial Nears

Tim Westwood has entered fresh not-guilty pleas in London to contest two additional sexual-offense charges before his criminal case reaches trial in January. The former Hip-Hop radio host now denies all 17 counts involving nine women.

Thursday’s hearing at Southwark Crown Court addressed allegations from 1991 and 2004, according to Sky News. Westwood, 69, pleaded not guilty to both during the brief court appearance.

Prosecutors added those counts in September, so Thursday brought his formal response rather than another expansion of the case. AllHipHop previously covered the two additional charges when authorities announced them.

One count concerns an alleged indecent assault in Hammersmith and Fulham involving a girl who was 16 or 17. The other alleges a sexual assault against an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in May 2004.

The Crown Prosecution Service identified the first alleged incident as occurring in January 1991. Its September announcement also specified that the newer allegations involve two women beyond the seven included in the original prosecution.

Westwood had already indicated that he would contest the additional charges when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on October 23. That appearance ended with conditional bail until Thursday’s hearing.

The earlier case includes two sexual-assault counts, four rape counts and nine indecent-assault counts. Those charges were brought in October 2025, and Westwood subsequently entered not-guilty pleas to each of them. The original allegations include three indecent assaults said to have occurred at BBC studios in the 1990s and a Gloucestershire nightclub allegation from 2010.

Across the prosecution, the alleged offenses span 1983 through 2016. The charges remain allegations, with no verdict reached in the pending trial. “The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial,” Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor Catherine P Baccas said in September.

Westwood’s broadcasting career took him from Capital Radio to the BBC in 1994, putting him on Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra. He later returned to commercial radio through Capital Xtra after leaving the BBC in 2013.

His Saturday program at Capital Xtra ended when he left the company in 2022.