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Freddie Gibbs Charged in Austria Sexual Assault Case

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 09: Freddie Jackson backstage at the SKYY Vodka At Governors Ballon June 9, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for SKYY Vodka)

Update: Reuters reports that Gibbs was granted bail after paying 50,000 euros ($56,560) and handing over his passport. His lawyer Theodore Simon has released a statement, which you can read below.

Freddie Gibbs was released today on bail. We believe this is the first step toward his eventual exoneration and vindication. We are pleased and thankful that the Court recognized the same trust and confidence we have in Freddie that justified his release. Immediately after his release I spoke with Freddie who expressed his heartfelt appreciation and thanks for the overwhelming outpouring of support he has received.

Yesterday’s charge remains only an allegation, and it does not in any way change the actual facts that Freddie Gibbs is 100% innocent.As he has done with his bail request, he continues to pursue every available means to demonstrate that he is absolutely innocent and that he has been both belatedly and wrongly accused. As the investigation and process continues, Mr. Gibbs remains hopeful that a thorough, searching and complete investigation will reveal the actual facts, including the absence of any scientific, physical, or credible evidence implicating him, thereby paving the way for his exoneration and return to his family and one-year old child.

In accordance with Austrian procedure Mr. Gibbs has not as yet had the opportunity to provide the authorities and the Court with the substantial and compelling exonerating evidence that he has compiled.

Through counsel Mr. Freddie Gibbs has consistently remained fully cooperative with law enforcement offices and judicial systems in both France and Austria and will continue to do so.

Freddie Gibbs has been officially charged with sexual assault for an alleged rape that happened in Vienna, Austria in 2015, according to a Reuters report. If he’s convicted, Gibbs faces a maximum of ten years in jail.

The 34-year-old rapper was arrested in France back in June and was extradited to Austria to earlier this month. According to a spokesman for Vienna’s criminal court, Gibbs is alleged to have “administered knock-out drops to a woman and then have abused her sexually while she was in a defenseless state.”

Gibbs will remain in custody in Austria as the case develops. His lawyer Theodore Simon has prepared a statement, which you can read below (via The FADER).

While Freddie Gibbs was charged with an offense today, it remains only an allegation, and it does not in any way change the actual facts that Freddie Gibbs is 100% innocent.

He continues to pursue every available means to demonstrate that he is absolutely innocent and that he has been both belatedly and wrongly accused. As the investigation and process continues, Mr. Gibbs remains hopeful that a thorough, searching and complete investigation will reveal the actual facts, including the absence of any scientific, physical, or credible evidence implicating him, thereby paving the way for his exoneration and return to his family and one-year old child. In accordance with Austrian procedure Mr. Gibbs has not as yet had the opportunity to provide the authorities and the Court with the substantial and compelling exonerating evidence that he has compiled.

Consistent with the available legal practices and procedures in Austria, Mr. Gibbs will ask the Court to release him on bail, under reasonable terms and conditions, as was done in France.

Through counsel Mr. Freddie Gibbs has consistently remained fully cooperative with law enforcement offices and judicial systems in both France and Austria and will continue to do so.