A Quebec choose has discovered rapper Ok’naan (given identify Keinan Abdi Warsame) not responsible of sexually assaulting a girl in a Quebec Metropolis resort room in 2010.
The complainant alleged that Warsame sexually assaulted her whereas she was asleep on the Hilton Quebec in July 2010.
Throughout testimony final March, Warsame denied the allegation, telling the court docket that he and the girl had consensual intercourse the next morning and that no assault occurred throughout the evening.
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In delivering her choice Wednesday, Choose Julie Roy mentioned she was not absolutely persuaded by Warsame’s account. Nonetheless, she concluded that the proof didn’t set up guilt past an inexpensive doubt and located him not responsible.
Warsame, who grew up on Toronto, was within the province on the time to carry out at Pageant d’été de Québec.
His track Wavin’ Flag pushed Warsame to worldwide success as after it was chosen as Coca-Cola’s promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His monitor Refugee, launched in 2023, earned Warsame the Recording Academy’s Finest Track for Social Change Award.
— with information from Kalina Laframboise and Sarah Do Couto