Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross William Wild charged with rape and sexual assault

Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross William Wild is accused of raping one woman and sexually abusing six others while they slept.

As the newspaper “The Sun” reported, the 34-year-old appeared in court on Thursday (June 23, 2022). He is accused of rape and sexual assault.

He is accused of filming himself sexually assaulting six of his alleged victims while they were sleeping.

Wild is also accused of raping and blackmailing a seventh woman and publishing a private sex photo of the plaintiff.

He broke down in tears as he appeared before Carlisle Magistrates Court under his real name, Ross Davidson, accused of 17 offences over a six-year period between 2013 and 2018.

Wild was arrested at his parents’ home in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Thursday after prosecutors gave police permission to bring charges against him earlier this week.

His lawyer Chris Toms told the court: “He is a professional musician,” and although no formal confession was filed, Mr Toms said of the rape charge: “That is firmly denied. He wants to go to trial.”

Wild was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Wood Green Crown Court in London on July 22.

Four of the alleged sexual assaults are said to have taken place between October 2013 and December 2017 at Wild’s home in Finchley, north London, and another is said to have occurred in a hotel in Shrewsbury in June 2017.

The latest incident reportedly occurred in Cannes in May 2018, when Wild attended the film festival – and that same month he joined chart-topping band Spandau Ballet.

Wild replaced Spandau Ballet’s original singer, Tony Hadley, 62, as frontman of the 1980s group in 2018.

This came after he played Elvis Presley in the hit West End musical “Million Dollar Quartet” alongside the band’s 60-year-old bassist Martin Kemp.

Two years later, he was fired from the group live on ITV’s This Morning. He said the shame and humiliation drove him to attempt suicide while in Cannes.

The band had announced that they would never perform again unless Hadley rejoined, effectively firing their younger singer live on air.