US rapper Freddie Gibbs, who is charged with the sexual abuse of a
female fan in Austria, was released on bail from a Vienna prison on
Thursday, court officials said.
The 34-year-old from Gary, Indiana, left the Wien-Josefstadt jail
after paying 50,000 euros ($57,000) and surrendering his passport,
court spokeswoman Christina Salzborn said.
He has been barred from leaving the country while the case is still
open, she said.
Gibbs, whose real name is Fredrick Tipton, was extradited in late July
from France where police arrested him on a European arrest warrant
shortly before a planned gig in the southwestern city of Toulouse.
The American is accused of drugging two girls — aged 16 and 17 at the
time — after a concert in Vienna on July 6, 2015, and taking them
back to his hotel where he is said to have abused one of the women.
Tragedy struck in the ancient city of Kano on Monday when a newly wedded woman set her husband and herself ablaze in Kano over alleged infidelity. The woman was said to have lit a petrol keg in their No 54 Middle Road residence in the Sabon Gari area of the city, which exploded, engulfing herself and the husband. The husband, who did not die on the spot, was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention where he later died, after suffering severe burns from the fire. It was learnt that the woman, accused her husband of infidelity, shortly after she heard a conversation of her husband with an unidentified lady over the telephone. She reportedly got angry and lit a keg of petrol within reach, which eventually exploded and engulfed their home at about 12am on Tuesday. An eyewitness disclosed to our correspondent that the wife, who was burnt beyond recognition, died at the scene of the incident, while her husband also died at an undisclosed hospital, where he was rushed...
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