Two artists accused of rape and assault had been eligible for nominations on the 2025 Brit Awards ceremony, The Unbiased can reveal.

Rock singer Marilyn Manson, 55, and rapper Yung Filly, 29, appeared on the longlists for Worldwide Artist of the 12 months and Hip-Hop, Grime or Rap Act, respectively, as a panel of over 1,300 trade specialists had been requested to decide on who they wished to appoint. Voting for subsequent yr’s awards closed on Thursday night (12 December).

Manson, who has been accused of rape, sexual assault and violent abuse by a number of ladies, appeared on the longlist for Worldwide Artist of the 12 months prize alongside pop stars Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, Put up Malone and Billie Eilish.

The US rock artist has denied all allegations in opposition to him. In October, Recreation of Thrones actor Esme Bianco, who got here ahead in opposition to Manson in 2021, denounced District Legal professional George Gascón in October for ready greater than two years to behave on her case.

She and Manson settled her lawsuit in January 2023. Bianco’s lawyer mentioned in a press release on the time that his shopper wished “to maneuver on along with her life and profession”.

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In November, Manson agreed to drop a defamation lawsuit he introduced in opposition to his former accomplice, actor Evan Rachel Wooden, after she accused him of “horrifically” abusing and grooming her throughout their relationship. He can pay her $327,000 in authorized charges.

In the meantime, UK rapper and YouTuber Yung Filly was arrested on rape and assault prices in Australia in October. He appeared on the longlist for Hip-Hop, Grime or Rap Act alongside stars equivalent to Stormzy, Headie One and Dave.

The web persona born Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos appeared in Perth Magistrates Court docket on Thursday (9 October) charged with three counts of assault occasioning bodily hurt and 4 counts of sexual penetration with out consent.

The 29-year-old, who was launched on bail on strict circumstances, has additionally been charged with one rely of impeding one other particular person’s respiratory or circulation by making use of strain to the neck.

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The alleged assault of a girl in her twenties came about on 28 September in a Perth lodge room, after a efficiency on the nightclub Bar120 on 27 September.

This week, it emerged that Mr Barrientos has additionally been charged with reckless driving whereas on bail.

Spice Women star Mel B, a vocal campaigner in opposition to violence in opposition to ladies and five-time Brit Award-winner, mentioned: “It’s an indictment of the music trade that [men accused of abuse] proceed to be celebrated – how lengthy does it really take for the world to see this could not occur?”

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Based on the Brit Awards’ guidelines, the eligibility checklist is “compiled by the Official UK Charts Firm Ltd (OCC) – not together with the style classes – and [comprises] artists who’ve launched recorded music and loved chart success within the UK”.

Artists are mechanically listed primarily based on their reaching business success throughout the eligibility interval and the longlists are solely accessible to the 1,300-strong voting academy.

“The artists which are eligible can be included within the related Award class longlists within the devoted and safe BRITs Voting Academy web site,” the principles state.

Final yr, The Unbiased reported that voters got the choice of nominating Tom Meighan, the previous Kasabian frontman who was convicted of assaulting his then-fiancée in 2020, and rapper Slowthai, who’s at present on trial for 2 prices of rape, to be shortlisted on the 2024 ceremony.

Slowthai, actual title Tyron Frampton, has pleaded not responsible to each prices.

The Brit Awards voting guidelines state that the organisation “strongly helps the precept of inventive freedom of expression”.

Nonetheless, it provides that it “reserves the precise, in its absolute discretion, to deem ineligible any artist(s) or recorded music product(s) which it considers both might breach the Ofcom Broadcasting Code and/or which will deliver the Brit Awards into disrepute”.

“The BRIT Awards condemns any type of sexual violence or harassment,” a spokesperson informed The Unbiased on the time. “We additionally imagine within the due technique of the regulation. Artists change into eligible primarily based on their musical affect within the earlier 12 months as measured by success within the Official Charts.

“Members of the 1,300-strong BRITs Voting Academy (drawn from throughout the music trade and media) are then invited to make knowledgeable selections to train their judgement to create the shortlist of nominees, and the eventual class winners. The Voting Academy is reviewed yearly, as are the eligibility guidelines.”

The 2025 Brit Awards will happen on Saturday 1 March on the O2 Enviornment in London and be broadcast stay on ITV1 and ITVX.