Woman’s disgust at rapist-actor Alexander Westwood

A woman who was sexually abused by her actor-boyfriend has described him as a “disgusting monster” and said she still has nightmares because of him.

Rogan Taylor, who has waived her right to anonymity, began dating Alexander Westwood in 2018, when she was 17.

Westwood, who had minor roles in BBC’s Doctors and Netflix’s Sex Education, was jailed for 15-and-a-half years in 2025 after being found guilty of sexual offences against five victims including Taylor, who said his sentence was “not enough”.

“It’s an experience that can never go away, I was scared for ages that it might happen again, I was scared I’d marry someone and they’d turn out to be an abuser,” she said.

Warning: Some people may find details in this story distressing.

Taylor, now a 24-year-old university student who lives in the Midlands, said she met Westwood while studying for her A-Levels, after he messaged her on social media.

In the beginning, she said he would shower her with gifts, including tickets to a theatre show in London, and they moved in together after just 10 months of dating.

“I had only had one boyfriend before by this point, and I didn’t understand why people liked me,” Taylor said.

“It was so exciting for me to have a boyfriend that was so interested in me and doing all these things for me.”