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An ex-Spandau Ballet star has been accused of raping a woman after demanding sex six times a night and forcing her to act out a 'mannequin fantasy'.
Ross Davidson, 36, would force himself on women who refused him, jurors at Wood Green Crown Court in north London heard.
Davidson - who became lead singer in Spandau Ballet in 2018 and was best known to fans as Ross Wild - is accused of a series of sex offences against five women and raped three of them, according to prosecutors.
The offences are said to have taken place over a ten-year period between 2013 and 2023.
A woman alleged to have been raped by Davidson in 2015 at his London flat said sexual relations with him felt 'transactional', in video evidence played to the court.
Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson, pictured outside Wood Green Crown Court on June 11, is accused of a series of sex offences against five women
His former band Spandau Ballet are pictured backstage at Eventim Apollo in London in October 2018 - (L-R) Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, John Keeble, Davidson and Steve Norman
Martin Kemp (left), Ross Davidson (centre) and Gary Kemp (right) are seen on the Eventim Apollo stage in London on October 29, 2018
Giving evidence, she described how Davidson randomly attached her to a leather-and-buckle collar that connected her neck to her wrists.
She told the court: 'I remember whilst I was in London, at the property, mid-conversation - without stopping the conversation - he left the room and came back in with a collar that connected to wristcuffs.
'Without breaking conversation he just placed it on me and I just let it happen.'
Asked by prosecutor Richard Hearnden why she did so, the alleged victim replied: 'I didn't know what would happen if I protested.
She described his demeanour whilst putting her in the collar as 'nonchalant', acting 'as if what was happening wasn't strange or out of the ordinary'.
The court then heard Davidson told her of his disturbing 'mannequin' fantasy, the alleged victim saying: 'He expressed a fantasy that he likes to play out.
'He mentioned that he liked to have sex with models and initially I thought that just meant people who worked as models - very attractive people.
'But after the conversation what he meant was mannequins, for someone to pretend to be a still and lifeless, unresponsive person - as if they were a mannequin from a shop window.
'I remember finding it very strange - I couldn't understand the pleasure that would come from that.'
After the alleged rape, jurors heard Davidson continued sending her 'copy and paste' marketing copy promoting the band he was in before he joined Spandau Ballet.
Wild (pictured) has been accused of raping three women and filming himself molesting his victims as they slept, during his trial at Wood Green Crown Court
Aberdeen-born Davidson (pictured) had a 'mannequin fantasy', an alleged victim said
Davidson (third from the left), who replaced Tony Hadley as the 1980s band's singer in 2018 before leaving 11 months later, was arrested by officers at his home on March 30, 2021
She said: 'He sent occasional messages promoting his and concerts that were coming up, again for his band, more a marketing thing.
'It felt more like a copy and paste send-to-all kind of message.'
The Scotsman was seen by fans as 'a bit of a sex symbol' after starring in the West End musical We Will Rock You about a decade ago, his trial has been told.
He replaced Tony Hadley as Spandau Ballet's singer in 2018 but left 11 months later.
Davidson, of Finchley in north London, denies three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, one count of voyeurism, one count of intimidation and one of controlling behaviour. The trial continues.
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