An amateur photographer from the U.K. with a “straight guy fetish” is accused of drugging and sexual assaulting seven men he met on social media, though the number of potential victims could be much higher.
45-year-old Nigel Wilkinson currently faces 13 charges against him, including one count of rape and one count of sexual assault, after allegedly posing as a professional fitness photographer online in an effort to lure unsuspecting straight guys into his home.
According to prosecutors, Wilkinson would find the men on Instagram and ask if they wanted to pose for some “tasteful and arty” semi-nudes. Once they arrived at his home studio in Totterdown, Bristol, he would offer them a spiked drink. After drugging them, he would proceed to take advantage of them while they were passed out.
“Wilkinson is a gay man who preferred to have sex with straight men without their being aware of it,” the prosecutor told the jury.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
The alleged assaults happened over a period of two years, starting in early 2014 and lasting until early 2016.
According to court documents, Wilkinson used his amateur photography business as a “vehicle for his deprived yearnings” and could “barely use a camera and was still having trouble using photoshop even into 2016.”
He also told his models his name was Simon and described himself as an international “jetsetting” photographer who was in a relationship with a woman.
The Bristol Post reports:
All [the models] described how he plied them with alcohol as soon as they arrived being very “pushy” and telling them the alcohol would bring out the veins in their arms and make them appear more muscular.
He would almost always arrange for them to stay and for them to go for food and drinks afterward.
With the men describing not being able to remember past a certain point in the night later waking up in Wilkinson’s bed or on his sofa with a bad head and different states of dress.
When police would later show them pictures of themselves that were found in Wilkinson’s possessions all would insist they had never agreed to full nude and intimate pictures and had no recollection of them being taken.
One model told police, “I am definitely sure he was doing stuff to me. He was trying to have sex with me”, when he awoke in a stupor to discover Wilkinson pressing up behind him.
“He stupefied and overpowered his victims in order to sexually assault them,” prosecutors said.
Upon his arrest in April 2016, police discovered two types of sedatives, including the date rape drug Rohypnol, in one of Wilkinson’s shirt pockets.
According to court documents, Wilkinson photographed a total of 39 men over the course of two years. Of those 39 men, 28 were confirmed to have spent the night at his house.
An additional 69 men were contacted by Wilkinson, but they either didn’t respond to his messages or turned down his offers.
Over 50 of the men who came into contact with Wilkinson either online or in person told police they didn’t want to participate in the investigation; however, seven of them agreed to provide evidence against him.
Wilkinson is charged with six counts of administering a stupefying substance with intent to commit sexual assault, five counts of voyeurism, one count of rape, and one count of sexual assault. He has pleaded not guilty to all 13 charges.
The trail continues.
Kangol
In other words, he committed multiple acts of rape. Once he’s convicted he needs to stay behind bars for the rest of his life.
Catholicslutbox
The title is very click and bait.
If you read the (actual) transcript, you’ll see that he really just photographed most of the men naked and fondled one. Not saying that isn’t bad- but none of them were actually raped.
PinkoOfTheGange
@Catholicslutbox. No what it says is only seven of his 39 victims came forward and only one of the seven has any recollection of physical contact.
Why the apologist Bandini?
Catholicslutbox
You’re completely missing the point though.
The point is that the titles floating around are all (intentionally) misleading and grossly inaccurate as they state that he raped the men he photographed, when in fact, no penetration actually occurred..based on what we all know. It’s all conjecture.
BBC is the only one without a click-and-bait title, but then again, they’re the only real news site reporting this.
As per your comment…there weren’t 39 victims- he photographed 39 men, 28 of them spent the night, and 7 were willing to speak about it. So at most, there were 28 victims, based on what we know.
Again, I am not defending him, just pointing out the bad journalism.
Bryguyf69
Catholicslutbox – no, there are 39 victims. If they were photographed nude without their permission, they were victims of a sex crime. And if that nudity came from being disrobed without their permission, i.e. after being drugged, it’s sexual assault. I’m not sure why you think staying overnight is a requirement for rape or sexual assault.
Indeed, even if the photographs weren’t nude, they were all still victims of fraud. The guy barely knew how to use a camera and photoshop yet claimed to be a professional photographer to lure the men in. Who knows if he ever intended to give the men any of the photos he took. So no matter how you look at it, all 39 men were victims.
Franklin
I’m surprised the usual suspects aren’t here claiming those men somehow wanted it by showing up for the photo shoot.
PinkoOfTheGange
They have new names.
Click >>> www.g-letshave.fun
You are absolutely right. But i am here to recommend you one brilliant place to find what you exactly need and (i hope) looking for. It is for gay singles only. Just check my name. There are a lot of real gay sugar “daddies” and frivolous gay singles looking for love and pleasure
Catholicslutbox
Sorry, trail? Don’t you mean “trial?”
Any-who, sounds like he paid them $250-300 for a grope and a tug. Part of me feels that all “fitness photographers” do this kind of thing.
PinkoOfTheGange
Oh JAFT
Catholicslutbox
No idea what that means, nor care to bother looking for the meaning.
Instagram photographers are all highly suspect.
Especially the ones that take such awful photographs, like Wilkinson.
Robothedestroyer
Ahh man, they got Cosbied.
…
You where thinking it.
Brian
So that’s what Graham Gremore looks like.