Freddie Gibbs is a free man. The rapper’s manager has announced on social media that he has been acquitted of all charges after today’s court hearing in Vienna, Austria.
Gibbs was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Vienna while he was on tour last year. The incident supposedly happened backstage during a concert. Gibbs was arrested in June in France and then extradited to Austria where was staying in custody until the matter progressed. He was later released on a 50,000 euros bail. He was facing maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted.
Freddie Gibbs is coming home
— LAMBOLAMBO (@LAMBOLAMBO) September 30, 2016
Thank you to everyone who has been by our side during these past 4 months. Through strength and patience, an innocent man is coming home.
— LAMBOLAMBO (@LAMBOLAMBO) September 30, 2016
Gibbs’ manager Ben Lambert has now confirmed that he’s free and coming home soon.
Freddie Gibbs’s lawyer Theodore Simon has issued the following statement to The Fader:
“Today, September 30, 2016 Freddie Gibbs was found not guilty. We have always maintained unconditionally and without any doubt that Freddie would be and now has been fully exonerated and completely vindicated. We are pleased and thankful that the court recognized the same trust and confidence we and all of his fans have had in Freddie that justified and resulted in his absolute acquittal. Immediately after his acquittal I spoke with Freddie who expressed his deeply sincere, heartfelt gratitude and thanks to his fiancé Erica Dickerson for her unwavering support, for the steadfast and incomparable loyalty of his long time friend and manager Ben “Lambo” Lambert, for the extraordinary work and effort of his lawyers and for the overwhelming outpouring of love he has received from his fans. He says, “Thank you!”
“While we are appreciative of the verdict of not guilty, nothing has changed. The actual facts have always demonstrated that Freddie was and is 100% innocent. It is now self-evident he was wrongly accused. The trial has confirmed our belief that after a searching and complete investigation and trial the true and actual facts would be revealed – that there always was an absence of any scientific, physical, or credible evidence that would warrant in any way such an accusation. Freddie and his family look forward to returning to the States so he can resume his life and career.”
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