Rapper Slowthai has damaged down in courtroom after being cleared of raping two girls at a home celebration following certainly one of his gigs in Oxford three years in the past.
The 29-year-old, whose actual identify is Tyron Frampton, stood trial at Oxford Crown Courtroom alongside his good friend Alex Blake-Walker, 27.
Each had been cleared of three joint costs of rape in opposition to two girls, and Blake-Walker was additionally cleared of an extra cost of sexual assault in opposition to the second complainant.
The jury got here again with their verdicts after greater than 10 hours of deliberation, following a two-week trial during which it was alleged the 2 defendants assaulted two girls within the early hours of 8 September 2021.
The Grammy-nominated rapper burst into tears as jurors delivered their verdicts, whereas his spouse, singer Anne-Marie, sighed in reduction.
Decide Ian Pringle KC acknowledged the extent of emotion within the courtroom, telling the courtroom this case has “raised a lot of high feelings”.
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Frampton had carried out at The Bullingdon music venue within the metropolis on the night of seven September 2021, the place he met the 2 complainants, certainly one of whom the courtroom had heard was a “huge fan” of his.
After the present, the complainants had returned to Frampton’s tour bus, earlier than heading to a good friend’s home celebration, accompanied by Frampton and Blake-Walker.
It was at this home celebration the ladies had alleged they had been raped on an out of doors roof.
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Frampton left courtroom along with his spouse Anne-Marie, and declined to touch upon the verdicts. Pic: PA
Frampton and Blake-Walker each agreed that sexual exercise befell with the complainants on the night time of the alleged assaults, however mentioned it was consensual.
In his proof to the jury, the rapper mentioned the allegations introduced up in opposition to him had been “just not true” and that the ladies had been “lying”.
Frampton accepted that he and Blake-Walker had “fist-bumped” on the time however denied this was encouraging one another.
The Northampton-born performer, who was nominated for a Grammy in 2021 and a Mercury prize in 2019, was faraway from the Glastonbury, Leeds and Studying competition line-up after being charged final 12 months.
The courtroom had beforehand heard {that a} backlog of instances had prompted a delay between Frampton’s arrest and cost, which got here when he was in New York for {a magazine} shoot.
Each Frampton and Blake-Walker walked free from the dock after the decide advised them they had been capable of go. Frampton, who walked from the courtroom along with his spouse, declined to touch upon the verdicts.
Frampton married Anne-Marie in 2022 in Las Vegas. The couple have a 10-month-old daughter. He additionally has a two-year-old son along with his ex-partner, Russian singer and mannequin Katya Kischuk.
