{"id":19053,"date":"2024-11-26T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2024-11-26T18:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:04:36","slug":"rapper-slowthai-raped-women-after-gig-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19053","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Slowthai raped women after gig, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Slowthai appeared in court alongside his wife, the popstar Anne-Marie<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai and a friend raped two women after one of his gigs, a court has been told.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, is accused of raping the women following his performance at The Bullingdon, in Oxford, in September 2021.<\/p>\n

He and his co-accused, Alex Blake-Walker, both deny three joint counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

Mr Frampton appeared at Oxford Crown Court alongside his wife, the popstar Anne-Marie, who he married in secret in July 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Opening up the case for the prosecution, Heather Stangoe said the pair had met a group of women before the show, and provided some with tickets for later that evening.<\/p>\n

Following the gig, the women met back up with Mr Frampton and his entourage on his tour bus, the barrister said.<\/p>\n

Ms Stangoe told the court the women encouraged the group back to one of their properties, where Mr Frampton insisted on two rules: “No phones and no boys.”<\/p>\n

“Their sole purpose for going to that house was to find sexual gratification,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It mattered not to them if the women consented or not.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The rapper was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2021<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Ms Stangoe said once at the house, two of the women were “isolated” from their friends.<\/p>\n

Mr Frampton and Mr Blake-Walker, 27, then raped and sexually assaulted the women, while the the men were “joking” and “high-fiving”, Ms Stangoe said.<\/p>\n

The court was told the attack ended when the women’s friends became aware of the situation, and told the men to stop.<\/p>\n

Mr Frampton then proceeded to jump from the balcony-style roof that the group were on, before running through the house to leave, the barrister added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Defending Mr Frampton, Patrick Gibbs KC told the jury that the rapper had “met up with his fans in the usual way” following the gig.<\/p>\n

Encouraging the jury to “keep an open mind” during the trial, he said: “What is in dispute is whether the women consented.”<\/p>\n

He said the case was partly about “the difference between willingly consenting to something that is thrilling and exciting in the moment, to then regretting it afterwards”.<\/p>\n

He also asked the jury to keep in mind the “effect of celebrity”, adding that “people do, or may, act differently” around famous people.<\/p>\n

Sheryl Nwosu, defending Mr Blake-Walker, said her client “denies that he had forced anybody” into taking part in sexual acts.<\/p>\n

“All sexual contact and acts were consensual,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier on Monday, Judge Ian Pringle warned jurors of the publicity that the case may attract.<\/p>\n

Slowthai was nominated for a Grammy award in 2021 and a Mercury prize in 2019.<\/p>\n

The rapper, of Wellingborough Road, Northampton, was removed from the line-up of Glastonbury Festival, as well Reading and Leeds, after he was charged in 2023.<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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