Overview

• Scotland Yard has charged Paul Gallagher, 59, with rape, coercive and controlling behaviour, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of making a threat to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• The alleged offences are reported to have occurred between 2022 and 2024 and follow a Metropolitan Police investigation that opened in 2024.
• An unnamed female complainant is being supported by specially trained officers as the legal process proceeds.
• Gallagher is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, August 27, to answer the charges.
• Paul Gallagher, who has never performed with Oasis and lives in a north London flat purchased by Noel, faces the charges while his brothers continue their Live ’25 reunion tour.