Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai bursts into tears in dock as he's cleared of raping two women at house party after a gig
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Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai burst into tears today as he was cleared of raping two women at a house party after a gig. The rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, 29, and his co-accused Alex Blake-Walker, 27, were both found not guilty of three joint charges of rape against two women.
![[Earlier in the trial, the Grammy-nominated artist arrived at court this morning hand in hand with his pop star wife Anne-Marie]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/92495157-14197459-The_Grammy_nominated_artist_real_name_Tyron_Kaymone_Frampton_29_-a-39_1734351760354.jpg)
Blake-Walker was also cleared of an additional charge of sexual assault against the second complainant. The jury at Oxford Crown Court returned the verdicts following a two-week trial during which it was alleged the two defendants assaulted two women in the early hours of September 8, 2021.
![[Frampton secretly married Anne-Marie – who appeared as a coach on The Voice singing show from 2021 to 2023 – in Las Vegas in July 2022, and the pair have a daughter together]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/92495147-14197459-Frampton_secretly_married_Anne_Marie_who_appeared_as_a_coach_on_-a-40_1734351774463.jpg)
The musician burst into tears in the dock as jurors delivered their verdicts. Judge Ian Pringle KC told the court this case has 'raised a lot of high feelings'. Relatives and friends of the accused, including Frampton's wife Anne-Marie, sighed in relief as the verdicts were read out.
![[The artist had 'categorically' denied the charges and insisted he was 'confident' his name would be cleared]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/71050497-14197459-He_categorically_denies_the_charges_and_claims_he_is_confident_h-a-41_1734351782031.jpg)
Frampton had performed at The Bullingdon music venue in Oxford on the evening of September 7 2021 when they met the two complainants, one of whom was described during the trial as a 'huge fan' of Slowthai. The rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, 29, is seen leaving court on Friday.
![[Slowthai was accused of two counts of raping a woman in Oxford in September 2021. Pictured: At Lovebox Festival 2019]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/71050351-14197459-Slowthai_is_accused_of_two_counts_of_raping_a_woman_in_Oxford_in-a-42_1734351799730.jpg)
Earlier in the trial, the Grammy-nominated artist arrived at court this morning hand in hand with his pop star wife Anne-Marie. Frampton secretly married Anne-Marie – who appeared as a coach on The Voice singing show from 2021 to 2023 – in Las Vegas in July 2022, and the pair have a daughter together.
