Ross William, real name Ross Wild, was found guilty of rape and attempted sexual assault. The singer, who replaced Tony Hadley in Spandau Ballet in 2018 and 2019 and was the protagonist of the musical We Will Rock You based on the music of Queen, he had declared himself innocent of both the rape of a woman in London in 2015 and the sexual assault of a woman in Thailand in 2019.
He had met both on Tinder and had encounters that Davidson described as consensual. The jury, however, after meeting for 11 hours, found the singer wrong. According to prosecutor Richard Hearnden “it is often assumed that men like the defendant can have any girl they want without having to resort to sexual crime, without having to resort to violence against women, without having to resort to rape because he is attractive and has charisma and charm. Reality belies this assumption. It is precisely because Ross Davidson expects to get sex on demand that he resorts to rape and sexual assault if he doesn't get what he thinks he deserves.”
Both women said they were attacked while they were asleep in bed. The woman who accused Davidson of rape said she felt “helpless” and too “scared to fight back” after Davidson attacked her while she slept.
In 2019 Davidson pleaded guilty, but only to voyeurism towards the woman he attempted to rape in Thailand, secretly filming her with his phone while she slept. The woman added that she then woke up as Davidson attempted to rape her. The singer told the court he filmed her for “sexual gratification” and was “allowed to touch her but not film her.”
A new hearing is scheduled for February 4.
