Capital owner told journalists not to report Tim Westwood accusations, staff say

Westwood has denied all the allegations in the recent joint Guardian and BBC investigation. Photograph: Gary Mitchell, GMP Media/Alamy

The owner of Capital FM and LBC told its journalists to avoid reporting allegations of sexual misconduct against the DJ Tim Westwood, who presents a show on another of the company’s outlets, according to staff at the company.

It is understood that Global is also dealing with questions from its employees over whether the business looked into anonymous allegations about Westwood that were widely circulated on social media in 2020 – which were denied at the time.