Win Butler, the frontman of Arcade Hearth, is breaking his silence following a number of individuals coming ahead with sexual misconduct allegations.
Based on a report revealed by Pitchfork, “three girls made allegations of sexual interactions with Butler that they got here to really feel had been inappropriate given the gaps in age, energy dynamics, and context during which they occurred.” The three girls mentioned they had been followers of the band and vary between the ages of 18 and 23 with the cases reportedly occurring between the years 2016 and 2020.
A fourth particular person has additionally come ahead alleging that Butler “sexually assaulted them twice in 2015, once they had been 21 and he was 34.” Pitchfork has particulars of the encounters and says they’ve receipts of the messages that had been exchanged between them and Butler.
Butler, who’s married to bandmate Régine Chassagne, has launched a press release admitting to the encounters and including they had been all consensual.
“I really like Régine with all of my coronary heart. We’ve got been collectively for twenty years, she is my companion in music and in life, my soulmate and I’m fortunate and grateful to have her by my aspect. However at instances, it has been troublesome to steadiness being the daddy, husband, and bandmate that I wish to be. Immediately I wish to clear the air about my life, poor judgment, and errors I’ve made,” he mentioned within the assertion revealed by Pitchfork.
“I’ve had consensual relationships outdoors of my marriage,” he added and famous that “the vast majority of these relationships had been quick lived, and my spouse is conscious.”
Butler continued, “Each single certainly one of these interactions has been mutual and at all times between consenting adults. It’s deeply revisionist, and albeit simply fallacious, for anybody to recommend in any other case. I’ve by no means touched a lady towards her will, and any implication that I’ve is just false. I vehemently deny any suggestion that I pressured myself on a lady or demanded sexual favors. That merely, and unequivocally, by no means occurred.”
The singer mentioned he was “sorry to anybody who I’ve damage with my habits,” and mentioned he has “been working exhausting” on himself as a result of he “needs to enhance regardless of my flaws and harm.”
Chassagne additionally launched a press release standing by her husband and saying, “I do know what’s in his coronary heart, and I do know he has by no means, and would by no means, contact a lady with out her consent and I’m sure he by no means did. He has misplaced his means and he has discovered his means again. I really like him and love the life we’ve got created collectively.”
