Tim Westwood was granted bail after a court docket listening to in London over rape expenses and assaults spanning a long time.

Tim Westwood walked out of Westminster Magistrates’ Court a free man on Monday after securing bail on critical legal expenses that might derail the veteran DJ’s legacy without end.

The 68-year-old Hip-Hop pioneer confronted his first court docket listening to since prosecutors hit him with a devastating 15-count indictment final month. The expenses paint a disturbing image spanning over three a long time of alleged misconduct.

Authorities accuse the previous BBC Radio 1 host of 4 rape counts, 9 indecent assault expenses, and two sexual assault allegations. The timeline stretches from 1983 to 2016, with victims reportedly as younger as 17 years outdated when the alleged incidents occurred.

Magistrates released him on conditional bail with one strict requirement: zero contact with prosecution witnesses.

Particularly damaging are three indecent assault expenses allegedly occurring inside BBC studios through the Nineteen Nineties – proper when Westwood was constructing his status as Britain’s Hip-Hop ambassador.

Seven girls have come ahead with allegations in opposition to the longtime radio character. The expenses element a sample of alleged abuse throughout London areas, together with Fulham, Vauxhall, central London, Stroud, and Finchley.

Westwood’s authorized troubles symbolize a dramatic fall for somebody who championed Hip-Hop tradition within the UK because the early Nineteen Nineties. He joined Radio 1 in 1994, internet hosting his influential rap present till departing in 2013. Capital Xtra then grew to become his broadcasting residence till 2022.

The case now strikes to Southwark Crown Court for a listening to on December 8, the place Westwood is anticipated to enter formal pleas to all expenses. He has persistently denied any wrongdoing because the allegations first surfaced.

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