Slowthai has pleaded not responsible to two charges of raping a lady in 2021. The rapper, born Tyron Kaymone Frampton, entered the plea in the present day (June 15) at a Crown court docket in Oxford, the English metropolis the place the 2 crimes—oral and vaginal rape—allegedly occurred. Slowthai appeared in court docket alongside one other man, Alex Blake-Walker, of Wallbutton Highway in London, who pleaded not responsible to 1 cost of sexually assaulting the identical lady, and fees of raping and sexually assaulting a second complainant, BBC News studies. The trial is scheduled to start on Monday, July 1, 2024.
Slowthai and Blake-Walker had been each granted bail, on the situation that they preserve their solicitors knowledgeable of the place they’re residing.
Slowthai appeared in court for the primary time on Could 16, the primary time the fees had been publicized. Main UK festivals, together with Glastonbury, had scrubbed his names from posters by the next morning, and lots of of his remaining reveals have since been canned or postponed. On social media, Slowthai denied the fees.
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CORRECTION: An earlier model of this story incorrectly indicated that Slowthai’s tour dates had been canceled or postponed. Some dates are set to go forward as deliberate. Moreover, co-defendant Alex Blake-Walker was charged with one depend of rape and two of sexual assault, not two counts of rape and certainly one of sexual assault, as beforehand reported.
