Rapper Slowthai acquitted of rape charges
GRAMMY-nominated rapper Slowthai has been acquitted of raping a fan after one of his shows.
The 29-year-old man, whose real name is Tyrone Frampton, was accused of raping the woman following his performance at The Bullingdon in Oxford in September 2021.
Both he and his co-accused, Alex Blake-Walker, were found not guilty of three joint counts of rape following a trial at Oxford Crown Court.
Mr Blake-Walker was also acquitted of a case of sexual assault.
As the verdicts of acquittal were read, Mr Frampton burst into tears in the dock, while members of the public gallery sobbed loudly.
The jury, composed of eight men and four women, reached a majority verdict of not guilty after deliberating for more than 10 hours.
The trial heard that a group of women had met Mr Frampton before his show on Cowley Road in Oxford and he had invited the rapper and his friends to a party at one of his houses.
The prosecution had alleged that Mr Blake-Walker had raped one of the women, encouraged by Mr Frampton – it was alleged he then raped the second complainant twice.