‘Serial rapist’ ex-Spandau Ballet singer, 36, filmed himself touching sleeping woman at an apartment during the Cannes Film Festival, court told
Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross William Wild filmed himself touching a sleeping woman in an apartment during the Cannes Film Festival, a court heard today.
Wild – whose real name is Ross Davidson – is accused of a series of sexual offenses against five women and the rape of three of them over a decade between 2013 and 2023.
It is claimed he wanted sex up to six times a night and forced himself on women who refused him.
Jurors heard the Scot was ‘a bit of a sex symbol’ after starring in the West End musical ‘We Will Rock You’ a decade ago.
But Davidson, who became lead singer of Spandau Ballet in 2018, had “a dark side” and “expected sex on demand”, Wood Green Crown Court heard.
Davidson was staying in an apartment during the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018 when he allegedly filmed himself sexually assaulting the third complainant while she slept.
Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross William Wild arrives at Wood Green Crown Court
Wild (pictured) is accused of raping three women and filming himself molesting his victims while they slept
(L-R) Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, John Keeble, Ross William Wild and Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet backstage at Eventim Apollo on October 29, 2018 in London
The woman told the court: ‘I left the hunting industry when I heard about this.’
She said she was shown stills from the video on Davidson’s phone and watched the full video.
“Tell us in a few words what your reaction was,” prosecutor Richard Hearnden asked.
The woman replied: ‘Absolutely disgusted.’
She said that before they went back to Davidson’s rented apartment, they both went to a party.
‘We both drank a lot of alcohol that night. I can handle a lot of alcohol, but I was pretty drunk. He was,” she recalled.
She said when they got back to the flat they had a few more drinks.
‘I know I’ve had a drink. I was quite tired and needed to sleep. I had one or two. I’m not sure, it wasn’t important at the time. It’s not something I would remember,” she said.
“You have no memory of what you did or said when you went to bed?” the prosecutor asked.
‘Not really no.’
She told the officers that they had taken a taxi back to his house.
Jurors were told Wild – whose real name is Ross Davidson – had a ‘darker’ and ‘sinister’ side with a fantasy of having sex with women while they slept
Aberdeen-born Davidson (pictured) had a ‘tendency’ to want to have sex with sleeping women, jurors were told
Charlotte Newell, KC, defending, suggested they had walked back and Davidson had kissed her on the way home.
‘He tried to kiss me. I was quite shocked. He’s never had anything romantic,” the woman said.
Mrs. Newell asked, “Has he ever shown any interest in your breasts?”
The woman replied, “I honestly don’t remember. No.’
Mrs. Newell asked, “Have you ever encouraged him to show an interest in your breasts?”
She replied, “No, I don’t think so.”
Ms Newell asked her if she had touched his genitals, but the woman said: ‘Nothing like that ever happened.’
Mrs. Newell said, “You don’t remember because you were drunk?”
She replied, “Absolutely not. I would never do that.’
She also denied performing oral sex on him.
Ms Newell asked: ‘I’m going to suggest that you knew he was filming.’
She replied, “No.”
Mrs. Newell asked her, “You said yes, as long as your face wasn’t in it.”
Davidson (pictured singing with Spandau Ballet in October 2018), denies three charges of rape, three charges of sexual assault, one charge of voyeurism, one charge of intimidation and one charge of controlling behavior
She replied: ‘If anyone asked that, I would be sleeping on the street. That kind of behavior is not normal for me.
‘He tried to kiss me. He backed out, we were joking about it, that was it.”
Ms Newell suggested to the woman that she was aware of the video and had asked Davidson to remove it.
She responded, “I didn’t know about the video until I got the call from the police.
‘There must be something seriously wrong with him. He needs help. I didn’t agree to it.’
Mrs. Newell asked, “Perhaps you forgot because of your drunkenness?”
She replied, “Absolutely not.”
Davidson is accused of a series of sexual offenses against five women and the rape of three of them over a ten-year period between 2013 and 2023.
The woman later told the court she felt she had to testify to support Davidson’s other alleged victims – and branded the singer ‘dangerous’.
“People have to go through a long process,” she said. “I didn’t really want the drama.”
But she added: “I heard there were other victims.”
The prosecutor asked, “Why did that make a difference?”
The woman said: ‘I felt I had to support the other victims. He’s dangerous, he would do it again. There’s clearly something wrong with him.’
Mr Hearnden asked her if she ever had romantic feelings for Davidson.
She replied, “He’s not really my type. He’s quite vain, a very handsome boy, not my thing.’
She said she thought he was gay until he tried to kiss her at a yacht party in Cannes.
“Until then I thought he might be gay,” she said.
Davidson (pictured) allegedly assaulted a woman in Cannes, where he attended the film festival in May 2018
“He gave the impression that he was more homosexual.”
Mr Hearnden asked her: ‘Have you ever had an argument with Ross?’
The woman replied, “Never, no.”
Jurors heard that Davidon filmed himself fondling women as they slept and enjoyed role-playing rape scenarios.
Aberdeen-born Davidson had a ‘tendency’ to want to have sex with sleeping women, the court has heard.
Davidson, from Finchley, north London, denies three charges of rape, three charges of sexual assault, one charge of voyeurism, one charge of intimidation and one charge of controlling behavior, between 2013 and 2023.
He replaced Tony Hadley as lead singer of Spandau Ballet in 2018 after playing Elvis Presley in the hit West End musical Million Dollar Quartet, alongside the band’s bassist Martin Kemp.
The trial was postponed until Friday.