Alice Glass lämnar nya uppgifter och anklagelser om varför hon lämnade Crystal Castles

Ett brev signerat Alice Glass.

I sviterna av den omfattande #metoo-rörelsen ger Alice Glass en ny bakgrund till Crystal Castles splittring och varför hon lämnade sin forna bandkollega, Ethan Kath. I ett öppenhjärtigt brev på sin hemsida riktar hon allvarliga anklagelser om såväl våld som våldtäkt mot sin forna bandmedlem.

Det ska av Alice Glass berättelse inte röra sig om enskilda händelser, utan det ska ha pågått över tid. Hon skriver om deras första möten med orden “The first time he took advantage of me was when I was around 15” för att några stycken senare skriva ”He forced me to have sex with him or, he said, I wouldn’t be allowed to be in the band anymore”.

Hela hennes brev finns att ta del av här – nedan hittar du hennes slutord.

Leaving Crystal Castles was the single most difficult decision I’ve ever made—that band was everything to me. My music, my performances and my fans were all I had in the world. I gave that up and started over not because I wanted to but because I had to. As difficult as it was, I knew that leaving was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It has taken me years to recover from enduring almost a decade of abuse, manipulation and psychological control. I am still recovering.

Ethan Kath har ännu inte kommenterat brevet och anklagelserna – men 2015 valde han att kommentera splittringen på följande vis:

I think it can be empowering for her [Glass] to be in charge of her own project. It should be rewarding for her considering she didn’t appear on Crystal Castles’ best known songs.