Court hears rapper’s friend raped woman at party

A friend of Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai forcibly raped a woman at a post-show house party, a court heard.

Alex Blake-Walker is accused of raping the woman at the party in the early hours of September 8, 2021.

The city’s crown court heard the incident occurred after the rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, performed a concert in Oxford.

Mr Frampton, 29, and Mr Blake-Walker, 27, deny three charges of joint rape and one count of sexual assault against the two women.

The jury was told Mr Blake-Walker, of Wallbutton Road, south-east London, was a friend of the rapper and was part of his entourage.

The prosecution alleged that he raped one of the women at Mr Frampton’s encouragement.

Mr Frampton, of Wellingborough Road, Northampton, raped the other woman twice, with encouragement from Blake-Walker; The case continued.

The prosecution also alleged that they both sexually assaulted the woman whom Mr Frampton allegedly raped.

The court heard Mr Frampton had performed at The Bullingdon music venue in Oxford city center the previous evening.

Later, after meeting with fans, he returned to the tour bus and the woman was invited to a party at the house where one of the band lived.

The first woman told the jury that the second woman went to the roof of that property with Mr Blake-Walker and Mr Frampton.

She said after talking, they began kissing consensually, but Blake-Walker then forced her to perform a sexual act on him.

Sheryl Nwosu, representing Mr Blake-Walker, argued that consensual kissing led to consensual oral sex.

“Not on purpose,” the woman replied.

“When he pushed me down, I said I didn’t want to do it. I said over and over again that I wanted to go back inside.”

Denying she was embarrassed, she told the jury why she ran away from home: “I wanted to save myself from a very scary situation.”

In a recorded interview with police, the complainant said Frampton was “excited” to go home.

The trial continues.