Former Spandau Ballet frontman accused of raping three women, filming them as they slept
One-time Spandau Ballet frontman Ross William Wild has been accused of raping at least three women — and even filming himself abusing his victims while they slept.
Wild, whose real name is Ross Davidson, is charged with a slew of sexual offenses against five women — including one he allegedly kept as a sex slave, forcing her to have intercourse several times a day, according to the Times of London.
He “was an utterly manipulative and sadistic individual,” prosecutor Richard Hearnden told jurors in London’s Wood Green Crown Court.
The singer became “a bit of a sex symbol” while fronting the ’80s pop band from 2018 to 2019, when original singer Tony Hadley stepped away, Hearnden said — suggesting that helped him hide his “sinister” side.
“He is very good-looking and physically fit. He sings, plays the guitar and is said to be charming and charismatic,” Hearnden told the court.
“His darker side is not the first thing that many women and girls notice about him. But the women in this case can all attest to that sinister part of his personality,” he continued.
Davidson allegedly secretly filmed himself raping a woman following an argument at his flat in north London in October 2013, prosecutors said.
He also allegedly taped himself fondling another woman’s breasts, the jury was told.
“According to the complainant, the defendant said he had a particular fantasy. He said it was his fantasy, his desire, to have sex with a woman while she was asleep,” the prosecutor said.
The third victim was supposedly assaulted in her sleep in Cannes when Davidson was attending the city’s film festival in May 2018.
That attack, the prosecution claimed, was “bizarre and perverted.”
Davidson also allegedly treated a fourth woman as a “sexual slave,” and filmed himself having sex with her without her consent, the prosecution added.
“The defendant, if these things are true, was an utterly manipulative and sadistic individual,” the prosecutor said of the alleged abuse.
“She was being used as some sort of sexual slave. He wanted to have sexual intercourse five or six times a night. When she said it was too much, he forced her to have sex with him.”
After being filmed, the woman fled to the bathroom and called her mother to report that she was assaulted, the Times of London said, citing the prosecution’s statement.
A fifth victim reportedly woke up to Davidson having sex with her, the court was told.
In addition to the rape and sexual assault charges, Davidson is charged with voyeurism, intimidation and controlling behavior.
He has denied all the allegations, and claimed that all of the interactions with the alleged victims were consensual.
Davidson joined Spandau Ballet in 2018. He quit the gig the following year, and was arrested in May 2021.
