Kamaal Williams’ gigs in Leeds, Manchester, London and Bristol cancelled following sexual assault allegations

nme.com:

Resident Advisor, the three anonymous women have claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Williams in 2010, 2021 and 2023.A representative for Williams has shared a statement saying that the “very serious allegations are untrue and emphatically denied by him and that he will be able to demonstrate the same,” (per Resident Advisor).

A day after the investigation was published (May 23), Williams’ upcoming UK gigs have all now been cancelled. The musician was due to play at Leeds’ Belgrave Music Hall this Saturday (May 25), along with a show at The Blues Kitchen Manchester (May 26), a three-night residency at London’s Jazz Cafe (May 29, 30, 31) before concluding his tour at Bristol’s Central Warehouse (June 7).NME has reached out to Williams for a response to the allegations.Resident Advisor‘s investigation spoke to three of Williams’ alleged victims, each of whom were unrelated to each other but recounted similar alleged events.The first woman alleged that when she was 17 in 2010, she met Williams – who was still known as Henry Wu at the time – through her then-boyfriend who was friends with the musician at the time.While her and her boyfriend were on a break, she bumped into Williams at a party where he allegedly made passes to kiss her numerous times.

She claimed that the following day she had found a scarf in her bag and posted on Facebook “Who put their scarf in my bag last night?

It’s still there.”The musician allegedly claimed it was his and invited her to his house to drop it off, claiming his younger brother was home and he could not be left alone.