A former Britain's Got Talent finalist has been put on trial on alleged r*pe offences.
Andrew Johnston, 30, competed on the series back in 2008 when he was 13 years old.
He went on to sign a £1m record deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, and his debut album made it to number five in the UK charts.
He now stands accused of r*ping two young women in three months while studying opera at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music, as reported by BBC News.
Johnston allegedly gripped his victims by the throat during sex and refused to wear a condom.
Per the Daily Mail, prosecutor Maryam Syed said: "In 2008, Mr Johnston competed as a singer in the television programme Britain's Got Talent, and he did quite well in that programme.
"At the time of the allegations Mr Johnston was a student at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London. Mr Johnston was competing a two year diploma in opera."
Describing the first alleged a**ault the prosecutor said: "The defendant removed the condom he had been wearing and the complainant noticed the change in sensation.
"She repeatedly told Mr Johnston to stop having sex with her but he made no attempt to withdraw his penis.
"The complainant then described to police that Mr Johnston then, she says, placed one hand on her neck and the other was pinning her down.
"She repeatedly told Mr Johnston on multiple occasions to stop, she managed to free her hands and slam them onto her chest.
"She told police that she began panicking and he, Mr Johnston, was not listening to her.
"She then goes on to describe, as you will see that the defendant Mr Johnston became more forceful, slamming the headboard into the wall."
The court heard that the woman in question had explained to Johnston things that she was not comfortable with, and he allegedly proceeded to do them without her consent.
He then allegedly groped her in a central London bar three months later.
Syed said: "Whilst he was there he had groped her bottom, which we say is sexual touching, dragged her by the arm and had refused to leave. In order to help her move him she had walked him out of the bar onto the street.
"At that point, he continued touching her, he verbally abused her, he grabbed her shoulders and her forcibly kissed her on the lips."
The court heard that Johnston allegedly r*ped the second complainant after taking her to a "sex club" in central London.
Syed said: "She explained that she had asked the defendant to wear a condom which she had provided and she said the vaginal intercourse took place immediately with almost no foreplay."
Syed added: 'She described how she started to feel the defendant's hands around her neck, and no matter how many times she removed them, she said the defendant Mr Johnston kept on putting his hands back around her throat.
"She told police she made multiple attempts to remove his hands but he did not remove them. He then stopped and removed the condom."
Johnston allegedly continued to have unprotected sex with the woman.
He denies all allegations.