Gary Glitter, the disgraced and imprisoned English glam-rock star, was charged on Thursday by British authorities with new sexual misconduct offenses dating back to the late 1970s.
The Crown Prosecution Services charged the 82-year-old Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, with one count of unlawful sexual intercourse against a girl under 13 years old and three counts of indecent assault of a girl under 14.
On January 9th 2025, a woman came forward and accused Glitter of the assaults at a home in the London neighborhood of Kensington between 1978 and 1981, according to the Metropolitan Police. Police interrogated Gadd in July 2025 related the allegations. Police and prosecutors worked closely to investigate the allegations, Bethan David, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, said in a statement.
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to do so,” David said.
Gadd is scheduled for a court hearing on the latest charges on August 5th.
Gadd has a history of child sexual offense convictions. In 1999, he was convicted in U.K. court of having thousands of child pornographic images on a laptop he took to get repaired. The court imprisoned him and registered him as a sex offender. After getting out of British prison, he absconded to Vietnam where he again ran afoul of the law. Vietnamese authorities convicted him of sexually assaulting young girls in 2006, and after a prison sentence he was deported back to the U.K. In 2015, Gadd was convicted by British authorities of attempted rape, indecent assault, and having sex with a girl under 13, for which he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. He was released on parole halfway through his sentence in 2023, but a violation for trying to access the dark web and hide his internet activity landed him back in prison where he remains.
Gary Glitter rose to prominence in the early 1970s with songs like “Rock and Roll,” “I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am),” and “I Love You Love Me Love.”
