Earlier this week, British rapper Slowthai was charged with two counts of rape. The 28-year-old musician — whose actual identify is Tyron Frampton — reportedly assaulted a lady in 2021 and was charged with oral and vaginal penetration with out consent, which he denied on social media.
Whereas Frampton is scheduled to seem earlier than the UK Crown Courtroom subsequent month, he has already been scrubbed from a number of competition performances this summer season. Slowthai’s identify has disappeared from the Glastonbury, Studying & Leeds, and Parklife line-ups, jeopardizing different forthcoming gigs.
The remainder of Slowthai’s European competition performances stay unchanged, however time will inform if different occasions observe go well with.
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