Oritse Williams

Oritse Williams, a former member of pop group JLS, has been charged with rape over an alleged attack on a fan in a hotel room after a gig, police have confirmed.

Croydon-born Williams, 31, was arrested on December 2nd 2016, one day after performing a concert at the Gorgeous nightclub in Wolverhampton. A second man, Jamien Nagadhana, also 31 and of Hounslow, London, has also been charged in connection with the incident.

Williams had been performing the gig to promote his album Waterline, which was released the previous summer under the name OWS.

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Former JLS star Oritse Williams has issued a denial against allegations that he raped a woman in a hotel room after a concert, after he was arrested earlier this month.

The 30 year old singer was detained in police custody on Friday December 2nd in Wolverhampton the morning after a gig at the Gorgeous nightclub in the city, after a 20 year woman claimed that she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room, as reported by The Sun.

Williams and another man, aged 29, were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. However, both individuals have been bailed until February pending further investigations by police.

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JLS announced this year that they were to separate and head out on their own separate ventures, announcing their last ever run of performances along with the news of their split this summer. Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams and JB Gill performed to over 20,000 fans at the O2 Arena in London as they said goodbye to their fans after enjoying one of the best success stories The X Factor has offered to date.

The boys played for one last (hopefully not) performance on Sunday, 22 December

It was an emotional night, but one that didn't lack the excitement and expression of the JLS performances of old. Among the thousands of screaming fans singing along in person for the last time, the boys also performed to a number of famous faces who didn't want to miss out on saying goodbye with the JLS boys. One Direction's Louis Tomlinson was there with girlfriend Eleanor Calder, as was Marvin Hume's wife and The Saturdays member Rochelle Humes. Former X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, who was on the judging panel in 2008 when the boys were first discovered, was also there, Instagramming a picture of the eventing with the caption: "Soooo proud of these boys ! Was here on their first day! It only felt right to be here on their last! Love you boys! #farewellJls #muchlove."

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