A beforehand undisclosed grooming allegation has emerged towards Model New frontman Jesse Lacey, forward of the band’s comeback tour.
Earlier this week, the emo band introduced plans for a 24-date journey throughout North America for this summer season, their first sustained run of reveals since happening hiatus in 2017.
Model New withdrew from the general public eye after sexual misconduct allegations involving Lacey and a minor went public. Shortly afterwards, two extra ladies got here ahead with further allegations.
Lacey responded on the time by providing an apology for “the actions of my previous” which he stated had “brought about ache and hurt to a lot of folks.”
“I need to say that I’m completely sorry. I don’t stand in protection of myself nor do I forgive myself. I used to be egocentric, narcissistic, and insensitive in my previous, and there are a selection of people that have needed to shoulder the burden of my failures,” he stated on the time.
“I apologise for the harm I’ve brought about, and hope to have the ability to take the proper actions to earn forgiveness and belief.”
Now, amid information of the band’s re-emergence, one other girl has come ahead with a beforehand undisclosed allegation of grooming that she claims started in 2005. In a submit on Medium, a girl named Aiyana detailed an alleged sample of grooming behaviour from Lacey whereas she was 15 years outdated.
She claims that Lacey requested her contact data after she gifted him handmade gadgets at a present. Aiyana and her 16-year-old good friend had been recurrently invited onto the band’s tour bus, she alleges, the place Lacey turned “playful” and “teasing”. Throughout a later confrontation, Lacey is claimed to have instructed her: “I don’t hate you, the reality is I’m in love with you, however you’re simply not sufficiently old for me to marry you but.”
NME have contacted Lacey’s representatives for a touch upon the brand new allegations.
She goes on to say that Lacey met along with her and her mom to insist they maintain the connection a secret. “You’ve turn out to be a detailed good friend, one among my finest pals, truly… and though we perceive our relationship, others may not with out extra context,” she says he instructed her.
Aiyana concludes that she doesn’t imagine Model New ought to be going forward with their reunion tour. “To my information, he has but to call particular behaviors that had been problematic – just like the grooming, manipulation, and coercion – and he by no means reached out to the victims to try any type of restitution,” she wrote.
Model New performed a trio of reveals on the finish of March, following on from a secret and intimate reunion present in December.
The upcoming tour has already proved controversial, with some venues on the tour apparently switching off the feedback on their social media posts asserting the reveals. See the complete checklist of reveals right here and discover any remaining tickets right here.
