Dave Lee Travis: Allegations 'nothing to do with kids'

Dave Lee Travis gestures as he records his talks with the media outside his home in Mentmore, Buckinghamshire. Credit: PA

  • Video report by ITV Correspondent Juliet Bremner

DJ Dave Lee Travis today denied groping two women and stressed that allegations against him have "nothing to do with kids".

The 67-year-old spoke to reporters outside his home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, and said he did not want his name associated with "bloody evil" child abuse.

He was arrested yesterday by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal, but the allegations against him are not linked to the disgraced TV presenter.

Travis said:

Travis had already vigorously denied allegations, made last month, that he groped two women while in BBC studios.

One alleged that he had put his hand up her skirt, while the other said he had "jiggled" her breasts.

The former Radio One DJ told reporters today:

He added: "I am and always have been completely abhorred by anything to do with children and anything to do with child molestation and anything like that.

"I don't really want to be in a headline where people look and see Savile's name and see my name and think 'Oh God, is he at it as well?'

"Not true, all right? You have a categorical denial about children. That is absolutely set in concrete, I promise you."