MONTREAL, Aug 31 ― Win Butler, the lead singer of Canadian band Arcade Fire, is denying allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by four people, the music magazinethat Butler engaged in “inappropriate” behaviour toward them between 2015 and 2020.
“I have never touched a woman against her will, and any implication that I have is simply false,” Butler said in a statement to Pitchfork. One of the alleged victims, a non-binary person who was 21 years old in 2015, claimed to have been the victim of aggressive sexual behaviour by the singer, who was 34 years old, the US magazine reported Saturday.
On another occasion, “Lily” said that after opening the front door to Butler, “he pinned me up against the wall and was aggressively grabbing my body and sticking his tongue down my throat.”