The force’s central special crime unit was looking into four reports of historic offenses allegedly committed in London, from 1982, 1985, 2010 and 2016, a spokesman said. The Met’s statement did not name Westwood, who was a BBC Radio 1 DJ from 1994 to 2013. In April, a joint investigation by the Guardian and BBC News published allegations of sexual misconduct and predatory behavior made by several women. Westwood, 64, subsequently quit his Capital Xtra show. He has denied all the allegations, with a spokesman saying there have never been any complaints against him “officially or unofficially”. Ten more women alleged sexual abuse, sexual harassment and misconduct in a further Guardian/BBC News investigation in July. The report included an allegation from a woman who said Westwood first had sex with her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s in the early 1990s. Westwood did not respond to a request for comment for this story. A statement from Scotland Yard on Thursday said: “Detectives from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime are continuing to investigate four reports relating to allegations of non-recent sexual offenses allegedly committed by a man. The offenses allegedly took place in London in 1982, 1985, 2010 and 2016. No arrests have been made, inquiries are ongoing.’ The BBC faced questions about Westwood after initially denying it had received complaints against him. The day after the investigation was first published, BBC director-general Tim Davie insisted the corporation had no “evidence of complaints” against Westwood. However, the company backtracked in July, admitting it had received six complaints of alleged bullying and sexual harassment relating to when the DJ was an employee, some of them received after the Guardian/BBC News first reported. Westwood was approached for comment.
