The metropolitan police says former bbc radio 1 and former capital xtraDJj, Tim Westwood has been charged with four counts of rape.
The 68-year-old has also been charged with nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, related to seven women, with the allegations spanning from 1983 to 2016.
Westwood is due to appear at Westminster magistrates’ court on 10 November.
Lionel idan, chief crown prosecutor, said prosecutors have established that there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to trial and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings.
In 2022, bbc news broadcast accusations by 18 women of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour and touching by Tim Westwood, in alleged incidents from 1992 to 2017.
Westwood has denied claims of misconduct.
