Ex-pop star Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to UK charges of historical sex offences
The former glam rock star denied allegations involving one complainant, and a judge set a three-week trial for November 2027.
- On Wednesday, former British pop star Paul Gadd, known as Gary Glitter, appeared via videolink at Southwark Crown Court to plead not guilty to eight counts of historic sex offenses against a young girl.
- Prosecutors allege the 82-year-old committed at least 20 incidents of sexual abuse between 1978 and 1981 at his home in Kensington and Chelsea, where he allegedly invited the victim, aged eight to 11, for chocolate.
- Gadd, who sold 18 million records as a "glam rock" star in the 1970s, denies four charges of indecent assault, two counts of indecency with a child, and two charges of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
- Judge Tony Baumgartner, the Recorder of Westminster, remanded Gadd into custody at HMP Channing Wood and adjourned the case for a three-week trial beginning November 22, 2027.
- Metropolitan Police investigators reported the allegations first surfaced in January 2025, leading to an interview with the former singer on July 22, 2025, before current charges were brought.
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Ex-pop star Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to charges of historic sex offenses against child
The 82-year-old, who rose to fame in the 1970s as a "glam-rock" star, is accused of abusing the girl between 1978 and 1981 when she was aged between eight and 11-years-old.
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Former glam-rock star Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to eight charges of historical sexual abuse against a girl, with a three-week trial scheduled for November 2027.
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British former glam rock star Gary Glitter on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual offences against a young girl dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. The 82-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court via video link from a prison in Devon in southwest England, where he is an inmate following previous sex convictions. He denied eight charges of sexual offences, including two charges of sexual int…
Gary Glitter Pleads Not Guilty to Historic Child Sex Charges
Gary Glitter says he's innocent of new child sex-abuse allegations dating back more than 40 years. As the New York Times reports, the 82-year-old glam rock singer, born Paul Gadd, appeared by video in a London court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to four counts of indecent assault, two counts...
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