The sexual assault costs in opposition to Rex Orange County have been dropped, the British musician stated Thursday.
The artist, whose given identify is Alexander O’Connor and who’s greatest identified for his tune “Loving Is Easy,” was charged in October with six counts of sexual assault within the UK. His trial had been scheduled to start Jan. 3.
O’Connor had been accused of sexually assaulting a girl in London on June 1, in accordance with the Sun. He allegedly assaulted her once more the subsequent day, as soon as in a taxi and 3 times in his Notting Hill dwelling.
But in an Instagram submit on Thursday, the musician stated the fees had been dismissed. British prosecutors “reviewed the evidence and decided that there is no merit in this case going to trial” and “not guilty verdicts were entered to all the charges.”
“I have always denied these allegations and am grateful that the independent evidence has cleared me of any wrongdoing,” he wrote. “I have never assaulted anyone and I do not condone violence or abusive behaviour of any kind.”
O’Connor said he had been “wrongly accused of touching somebody one night on their leg, neck, again, and backside,” and that “the one proof in opposition to [him] was the person’s account.”
“However, CCTV footage obtained by the police contradicted their model of occasions,” he wrote. “Their associate was additionally current all through the night in query and gave a press release to the police which didn’t assist the allegations in opposition to me.”
The Crown Prosecution Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News, but confirmed to the BBC that the charges had been dropped.
“CPS prosecutors have an obligation to maintain every case underneath evaluation,” they said. “Having rigorously thought of all of the proof, our authorized take a look at for a prosecution was not met and so we is not going to be persevering with a prosecution.
“We will always seek to prosecute sexual offences, where our legal test is met, no matter how challenging.”
In July, shortly after the evening of the alleged incident, O’Connor introduced on social media that he would cancel all remaining tour dates as a result of “personal circumstances,” although he didn’t say what they have been.
After he was charged, in a press release to BuzzFeed News, a publicist for O’Connor stated he was “shocked by the allegations, which he denies and looks forward to clearing his name in court.”