PA MediaGrammy-nominated rapper Slowthai and a pal raped two ladies after one in every of his gigs, a courtroom has been informed.
The 29-year-old, whose actual identify is Tyron Frampton, is accused of raping the ladies following his efficiency at The Bullingdon, in Oxford, in September 2021.
He and his co-accused, Alex Blake-Walker, each deny 3 joint counts of rape and one depend of sexual attack.
Mr Frampton gave the impression at Oxford Crown Courtroom along his spouse, the popstar Anne-Marie, who he married in secret in July 2022.
Opening up the case for the prosecution, Heather Stangoe stated the pair had met a gaggle of girls sooner than the display, and supplied some with tickets for later that night time.
Following the gig, the ladies met again up with Mr Frampton and his entourage on his excursion bus, the barrister stated.
Ms Stangoe informed the courtroom the ladies inspired the gang again to one in every of their houses, the place Mr Frampton insisted on two regulations: “No telephones and no boys.”
“Their sole goal for going to that area was once to seek out sexual gratification,” she stated.
“It mattered to not them if the ladies consented or no longer.”
Ms Stangoe stated as soon as on the area, two of the ladies had been “remoted” from their buddies.
Mr Frampton and Mr Blake-Walker, 27, then raped and sexually assaulted the ladies, whilst the the boys had been “joking” and “high-fiving”, Ms Stangoe stated.
The courtroom was once informed the assault ended when the ladies’s buddies was acutely aware of the location, and informed the boys to prevent.
Mr Frampton then proceeded to leap from the balcony-style roof that the gang had been on, sooner than operating via the home to go away, the barrister added.
‘Willingly consenting’
Protecting Mr Frampton, Patrick Gibbs KC informed the jury that the rapper had “met up together with his lovers in the standard manner” following the gig.
Encouraging the jury to “stay an open thoughts” all through the trial, he stated: “What’s in dispute is whether or not the ladies consented.”
He stated the case was once in part about “the adaptation between willingly consenting to one thing this is exciting and thrilling within the second, to then regretting it afterwards”.
He additionally requested the jury to remember the “impact of famous person”, including that “other folks do, or might, act otherwise” round well-known other folks.
Sheryl Nwosu, protecting Mr Blake-Walker, stated her consumer “denies that he had compelled any one” into participating in sexual acts.
“All sexual touch and acts had been consensual,” she added.
Previous on Monday, Pass judgement on Ian Pringle warned jurors of the exposure that the case might draw in.
Slowthai was once nominated for a Grammy award in 2021 and a Mercury prize in 2019.
The rapper, of Wellingborough Highway, Northampton, was once got rid of from the line-up of Glastonbury Pageant, as neatly Studying and Leeds, after he was once charged in 2023.
The trial continues.
