Former BBC DJ Tim Westwood is due to go on trial next year accused of raping and assaulting women and teenage girls going back to the 1980s.
The 69-year-old pleaded not-guilty to two new assault charges when he appeared at Southwark Crown Court today.
He had already been accused of nine counts of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault and four counts of rape in relation to reported non-recent offences between 1983 and 2016 involving seven women.
And he entered formal not-guilty pleas to two further charges today – one count of indecent assault in January 1991 in relation to one woman, and one count of sexual assault in May 2004 in relation to another.
Westwood, who appeared in court wearing a dark grey shirt and black jeans, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his two not-guilty pleas.
He was released on bail until his trial, which is due to take place next year.
The DJ was initially charged in October last year with offences against seven women, which he has already denied.
The earliest alleged offence took place in 1983 when a 17-year-old girl was indecently assaulted in the Fulham area of London.
Tim Westwood has appeared in court charged with multiple rapes and sexual assaults dating back to the 1980s
He was pictured arriving at Southwark Crown Court this morning wearing a dark puffer jacket
Westwood, pictured in 2011, was one of the biggest names in hip-hop music in the UK at the height of his fame
Westwood also worked for the BBC, including on Radio 1
In 1986, Westwood allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s in the Vauxhall area of London.
Between 1995 and 1996, it is alleged Westwood raped a female in London between the age of 17-18.
Prosecutors said Westwood also sexually assaulted the same woman in central London within the same timeframe.
Westwood is also charged with raping and sexually assaulting a female between the age of 17 and 18 between 2000 and 2001 in London.
In 2010, a woman in her 20s was allegedly raped by Westwood in London.
The former DJ is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in Stroud, Gloucestershire, that same year.
The most recent alleged offence occurred in 2016, when a woman in her 20s was allegedly sexually assaulted in the Finchley area of London.
In total, Westwood faces 17 allegations – four rapes, three sexual assaults and ten indecent assaults – involving nine women.
His trial is due to begin in January next year and last up to seven weeks.
Westwood was released on conditional bail by the judge, the Honourable Ms Justice Norton, at the end of the 16-minute hearing.
The next court appearance, an administrative hearing, will take place on December 8.
Westwood was a major name in hip-hop in the UK, and presented on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra until 2013.
He later presented on Capital FM and appeared on MTV’s Pimp My Ride show.
His biography on the BBC website describes him as ‘the most recognised urban DJ of the decade’ and ‘the most influential figure in hip hop in Europe and as a pioneer of the UK scene’.
