Singer smiles and thanks judge as jury acquits him after two and a half hours’ deliberationThe former JLS singer Oritse Williams has been cleared of raping a woman in a hotel room. The 32-year-old singer had been accused of the attack after meeting the complainant at a solo gig in Wolverhampton in 2016. Williams told the jury he had met the complainant in the VIP area of the Gorgeous nightclub following his performance, and had later had consensual sex with her. Williams had then tried to have sex with one of the women, who hotel staff described as looking “spaced out and zombified”. Nagadhana admitted to touching the woman briefly in a prepared statement but said he had backed off when he realised she was “getting together” with Williams.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2019 12:29 UTC