‘Sex pest’ DJ Tim Westwood was ‘often wined and dined by BBC bosses’
DJ Tim Westwood — facing allegations of being a sexual predator — was often wined and dined by BBC bosses, it is claimed.
One invited the hip hop DJ “into the bosom” of his family while another went clubbing with him.
Westwood was the only DJ at ex-Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister’s birthday do in 1997.
He often visited his home and Mr Bannister, 65, also took him for drinks with former BBC director-general John Birt.
Speaking in 1998 — a time when Westwood is alleged to have slept with a girl of 14 — he said: “My kids adore him.”
He added: “He gets on well with my wife.
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“He’s somebody that I find incredibly easy to get on with.”
Westwood, 64, also got pally with Mr Bannister’s replacement, Andy Parfitt, and the pair went clubbing together.
Westwood, a BBC staffer from 1994 to 2013, denies allegations of sexual misconduct by 17 women over 30 years.