In Could, sexual assault allegations concerning Between the Buried and Me and Glass Casket guitarist Dustie Waring surfaced on Reddit. An nameless person claimed that she was raped and impregnated by the musician whereas she was drunk at a present.

On the time, MetalSucks reached out for remark and obtained this message from his authorized illustration:

“Dustie Waring of BTBAM/Glass Casket is conscious of the allegations and dealing on an announcement that’s each delicate to victims of sexual assault but additionally sufficiently communicates their adamant denial of those allegations.”

Waring additionally stated that we might deal with sustaining his sobriety. Now, Waring’s lawyer has responded with a prolonged assertion addressing the allegations. Learn it for your self under.

“We write on behalf of our shopper Dustie Waring to disclaim within the strongest phrases the malicious and false accusations which have just lately surfaced towards him in an nameless put up on a Reddit web page. In that put up, a feminine, former buddy and fan is now preying on him by accusing him of raping her in a toilet after a live performance greater than 5 years in the past.

“In help of her accusations, she has manipulated and posted a number of screenshots of Instagram messages between Mr. Waring and herself – lowering seven months of messages to simply 4 screenshots and leaving out different messages that don’t help her allegations in a vicious try to destroy Mr. Waring’s character and popularity and personally acquire consideration for herself by posing because the ‘sufferer’ of a criminal offense that by no means came about. Moreover, she has invented the story that there have been confrontations between Mr. Waring and a male buddy of hers who accompanied her that night, and who tried to forestall Mr. Waring from having intercourse along with her that night.

“In actual fact, Mr. Waring has by no means denied that he had sexual activity along with his accuser after the live performance, however steadfastly maintains that the encounter was a consensual act between the 2 adults. As proof, Mr. Waring’s accuser goes on to debate touring to attend subsequent live shows throughout his UK tour, telling him she needs him to go to the UK to ‘do it once more someday,’ and suggests they ‘lease an Airbnb’, and so on. In her Reddit put up, she alleges she didn’t keep in mind that they had intercourse, and that she was ‘sore’ after their encounter; nevertheless, she acknowledges remembering their encounter and states that she had not been ‘sore,’ as she earlier claimed.

“Her messages present that two days after the alleged incident, she made a two-hour journey to go to him in a special metropolis on the tour, throughout which era that they had a second sexual encounter. Over the following few months, she continued to message Mr. Waring on Instagram and despatched him quite a few specific messages and images, making her current claims of getting been impregnated doubtful at finest. She recounts the main points of their sexual encounter (regardless of claiming to not keep in mind it in her Reddit put up), describes it as ‘wonderful’, asks him if ‘it was good for him’, tells him ‘thanks for final evening, it was loopy enjoyable :)’, and agrees that that they had ‘good intercourse’.

“Mr. Waring was blindsided by these accusations and has been compelled to undergo severe private penalties – monetary and in any other case – as a direct results of his accuser’s conduct. It’s apparent from the load of the proof that her accusations are false, and that he’s harmless of the acts of which he’s accused and has steadfastly denied having any inappropriate contact with this girl. Sadly, her false accusations are the kind of factor that makes it much more tough for precise victims of sexual violence to return ahead and to be believed.

“Due to these allegations, Mr. Waring has been suggested to take a go away of absence from music to keep away from additional harm to the tasks he’s related to, however he’s clearly wanting ahead to getting again to creating music after the summer season. He has demanded that his accuser stop and desist from persevering with her baseless accusations. Ought to she fail to take action, Mr. Waring can have no selection however to publicize your entire set of Instagram messages to offer the complete particulars and context for the messages his accuser has posted, which flatly contradict her story, exhibit her lack of credibility, and reveal her precise motivation for making these baseless and defamatory allegations. Moreover, he’ll take authorized motion towards all events concerned to defend himself and his popularity from this girl’s allegations.”