While his talent contributed to the early success of the KCSB sound, his involvement ended in. Finch subsequently joined the band a year later in 1974. However, singles from the band's first album, 'Do It Good,' were released in 1973 and feature Finch. I created KC & The Sunshine Band in 1973. Join Facebook to connect with Richard Finch and others you may know.

He left the band in 1980.Ĭasey disputed that Finch co-founded the band, saying that he started it in 1973 and Finch joined a year later. View the profiles of people named Richard Finch. The group is known for hits such as 'That's the Way (I Like It),' 'Get Down Tonight' and 'I'm Your Boogie Man.' He co-wrote many of the band's biggest hits with Harry Wayne 'KC' Casey. Finch's attorneys are in the early stages of their investigation,' it said.įinch played bass and drums with KC & the Sunshine Band. 'Those revenue generating possibilities are now gone, and as of this time, Mr. Produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, it was released in September 1981 on the Epic label. Finch is presumed innocent.'Ī more recent posting asking fans to donate to his legal defense fund said Finch had to cancel his plans for 'an impending tour' and 'a catastrophic economic hardship has taken their place.' (KC and the Sunshine Band album) The Painter is the eighth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band.

Finch is in the Licking County jail no trial date has been set, she said.Ī statement from Finch and his lawyer was posted on his website soon after his arrest: 'They would like to remind everyone that these are just allegations and that Mr. Two counts involve asking a minor to engage in sex, and one count is a charge of sexual contact with a minor, she said.Ī teenager said he had sexual contact with Finch at Finch's house in Newark, Ohio, the Licking County Sheriff's Office said in a statement after the arrest.ĭuring an interview with detectives, Finch 'disclosed that he did in fact have sexual contact with the juvenile, along with multiple other male teenage juveniles as well ranging from ages 13 to 17,' the office said.Ī pretrial hearing will be held Friday. Assistant prosecutor Tracy Van Winkle said the charges involve having sex with someone when it is harmful to them.įinch also faces three counts of compelling prostitution involving offering money to minors for sex, Van Winkle said. Investigators said they were looking into other possible victims.Ī grand jury indictment this month charges Finch with 10 counts of sexual imposition. Richard Finch was arrested last month in Licking County, Ohio, after a 17-year-old boy said he had sexual contact with him. (CNN) - A musician who played in the 1970s pop music group KC & the Sunshine Band was in court Friday to face an indictment on 16 sex charges involving 'multiple male juveniles,' an Ohio prosecutor said.

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