{"id":470183,"date":"2010-03-25T07:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T11:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=98141"},"modified":"2010-03-25T07:28:51","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T11:28:51","slug":"kc-and-the-sunshine-band-co-founder-richard-finch-arrested-for-raping-teen-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/470183","title":{"rendered":"KC And The Sunshine Band Co-Founder Richard Finch Arrested For Raping Teen Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Ohio say a co-founder of &#8217;70s hitmakers KC and The Sunshine Band has admitted to having sex with teenage boys.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/KC-And-The-Sunshine-Band-Arrest.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KC And The Sunshine Band Arrest\" width=\"411\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-98142\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-98141\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finch, a music producer and former bassist for the group responsible for disco hits such as &#8220;Shake Your Booty&#8221; and &#8220;Keep It Comin&#8217; Love,&#8221; was arrested Tuesday after a boy told authorities he&#8217;d had sexual contact with him at Finch&#8217;s home in Newark, the Licking County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cops claim Finch admitted he&#8217;d had sex with that boy and others ranging in age from 13 to 17. The musician was promptly arrested and is being held on $250,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>A message posted on Finch&#8217;s website Wednesday branded the sex abuse allegations baseless.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We will let due process happen through the legal system and through that, we are sure Mr. Finch will be vindicated from these unfounded allegations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R3cqTVtYNfnms8Zr9V3WRRbZX6Q\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R3cqTVtYNfnms8Zr9V3WRRbZX6Q\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R3cqTVtYNfnms8Zr9V3WRRbZX6Q\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R3cqTVtYNfnms8Zr9V3WRRbZX6Q\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Ohio say a co-founder of &#8217;70s hitmakers KC and The Sunshine Band has admitted to having sex with teenage boys. Finch, a music producer and former bassist for the group responsible for disco hits such as &#8220;Shake Your Booty&#8221; and &#8220;Keep It Comin&#8217; Love,&#8221; was arrested Tuesday after a boy told authorities he&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}