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menaredis · 2022-04-26T12:55:08+00:00

Being accused of abusing his power over a number of years against black women. He was an old man compared the the ages of some the accusers. Apparently rumours have circulated for some time but this has come out due to a documentary. No doubt there will be others that also allege this wrongdoing. Disappointed to see yet another story of a man with a bit of power using it for his own gain.

Ducksinthebath · 26/04/2022 14:26

I have never heard any rumours about him but am not especially surprised.

moita · 26/04/2022 14:27

Sadly I'm not surprised in the slightest.

I saw him in a chemist with his very young looking girlfriend. She looked over the age of consent but not much older. It was a bit sickening. He must have been early 50s 😖

LemonDrizzleSlice · 26/04/2022 14:28

Such a weird bloke. Desperate to be black.

Agrudge · 26/04/2022 14:30

LemonDrizzleSlice · 26/04/2022 14:28

Such a weird bloke. Desperate to be black.

Is he?

Hadjab · 26/04/2022 14:36

LemonDrizzleSlice · 26/04/2022 14:28

Such a weird bloke. Desperate to be black.

Umm, you mean he's embedded himself in black music culture, which isn't the same as being black. I do not listen to rap & hip-hop - my blackness isn't defined by my musical tastes.

Staffordshireknotter · 26/04/2022 14:36

LemonDrizzleSlice · 26/04/2022 14:28

Such a weird bloke. Desperate to be black.

Definitely.

And so much older than everyone he surrounded himself with.

Staffordshireknotter · 26/04/2022 14:37

@Hadjab I think it's more how he changed his speech etc.

Agrudge · 26/04/2022 14:39

Staffordshireknotter · 26/04/2022 14:37

@Hadjab I think it's more how he changed his speech etc.

So black people speak a certain way????

TheSpottedZebra · 26/04/2022 14:41

I'm glad. The rumours have been there for years so it's good that people are finally getting heard.

Apropos of nothing, his dad was a Bishop.

toastedcat · 26/04/2022 14:43

I wondered why he'd been allowed to be such a cultural appropriator for so long, given women are instantly cancelled if they so much as express an interest in black culture (slight exaggeration but Cheryl Cole's R&B podcast is an example). I know he's not being called out for cultural appropriation but kind of glad he's being called out for something! (Although not for the poor women who have suffered from it)

Whatafustercluck · 26/04/2022 14:44

He went to the same secondary school as me, and I quite liked Pimp My Ride. He's a bit full on/ weird but other than that, I have nothing else to say and hadn't seen or heard any rumours. Has he been arrested for something?

Agrudge · 26/04/2022 14:44

toastedcat · 26/04/2022 14:43

I wondered why he'd been allowed to be such a cultural appropriator for so long, given women are instantly cancelled if they so much as express an interest in black culture (slight exaggeration but Cheryl Cole's R&B podcast is an example). I know he's not being called out for cultural appropriation but kind of glad he's being called out for something! (Although not for the poor women who have suffered from it)

There was no appropriation. If anything it was appreciation

Hadjab · 26/04/2022 14:55

toastedcat · 26/04/2022 14:43

I wondered why he'd been allowed to be such a cultural appropriator for so long, given women are instantly cancelled if they so much as express an interest in black culture (slight exaggeration but Cheryl Cole's R&B podcast is an example). I know he's not being called out for cultural appropriation but kind of glad he's being called out for something! (Although not for the poor women who have suffered from it)

It's not Cultural Appropriation though. He was one of the first white DJs to basically break Rap & Hip-hop in the UK, in the mainstream. He has a genuine love and respect for that genre of music, much like David Roddigan and his love of Reggae, and has championed many acts; American and British.

He is, however, a dick of the highest order when it comes to women, particularly black women, this is common knowledge in the business.

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menaredis · 26/04/2022 15:57

He is 64 now so he would have been dressing and coming across much younger than his actual age.

The stories have similarities even though the accusers do not know each other. He sounds like a creep.

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Schlerp · 26/04/2022 16:08

Ah Tim Westwood the privately educated in Norwich son of a Bishop who tried to make out he was an urban lahndan boi.

he was renowned for poor treatment of women in clubs so I’m not surprised by these allegations.

Dons ridiculously posh accent “word up for the mummeh fuckahs, yah”

tttigress · 26/04/2022 16:13

Only just heard about this, but he does strike me as quite a strange man.

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 26/04/2022 16:14

menaredis · 26/04/2022 15:57

He is 64 now so he would have been dressing and coming across much younger than his actual age.

The stories have similarities even though the accusers do not know each other. He sounds like a creep.

Eh? He started playing, championing, Rap & Hip-hop in UK mainstream music 30 years ago. He would have been in his 30s. What he wear now is his work uniform.

Doesn't stop him being a twat where women are concerned, but slate him for what he does rather than making up shit based on how he looks.

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 26/04/2022 16:15

“word up for the mummeh fuckahs, yah” 😄I can hear that in my head!!!

seasaltandsunscreen · 26/04/2022 16:18

He is a champion of hip hop / rap / Rnb music and has been for many years, and his work is intrinsically linked to that culture.

He is also a twat to women.

The two are mutually exclusive.

nearlyspringyay · 26/04/2022 16:27

I didn't realise he was 64.

Still you be a twat at any age.

Clymene · 26/04/2022 17:49

seasaltandsunscreen · 26/04/2022 16:18

He is a champion of hip hop / rap / Rnb music and has been for many years, and his work is intrinsically linked to that culture.

He is also a twat to women.

The two are mutually exclusive.

I don't think they are. He targeted black girls and young women. Not white ones.

Never underestimate the lengths abusers will go in order to abuse.

The documentary features 7 women talking about how he raped and assaulted them. You can bet your last fiver there are many, many more.

Sunflower987 · 26/04/2022 17:51

I always thought he was strange, I didn't get the hype around him at all.

Clymene · 26/04/2022 17:52

DJ Tim Westwood accused of sexual misconduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61188603

All of the women he assaulted are black. One of them was only 17.

SerendipityJane · 26/04/2022 17:54

Opposite of Tim Westwood is Don Letts ..

MrsSiriusBlack1 · 26/04/2022 17:56

He’s a dirty pervert, some of the stories from the women/girls are horrific.