Sigur Rós drummer Orri Páll Dýrason has been accused of sexually assaulting a lady in Los Angeles in 2013. In response, he has left the band, based on a submit on their Facebook web page Monday morning (October 1). “In the wake of the extremely serious and personal allegations made against him in recent days,” band members Jónsi and Georg Hólm wrote, “we have today accepted the resignation of our bandmate Orri Páll Dýrason to allow him to deal with this privately.” Pitchfork has contacted Sigur Rós’ representatives for additional remark.
The allegations emerged final week, when Los Angeles-based artist Meagan Boyd wrote on Instagram:
“I was drunk, and I had met him at a club (I had a brief period in which I was a dancer at a club called ‘the body shop’), I also engaged in a kiss with him before falling asleep in the same bed, after that I completely knocked out. I woke up with the feeling of being penetrated without my consent during a deep slumber…. It happened twice that night, and I wondered myself why I didn’t leave after the first time—but I was drunk, dead tired, in shock, and this was right before I ever heard of anything like Uber/Lyft…. But none of that should matter because no one deserves to be raped/touched/licked/fucked without CONSENT.”
In a separate Instagram submit, which has since been deleted, Boyd shared an alleged e-mail dialog between herself and Orri, wherein he disputed her recollection of the evening in query. “I cannot understand why you would want to publicly accuse me of something I did not do,” he mentioned. Later, he allegedly added, “I am so sorry you are going through all this. But my experience from that night is completely different from yours.”
“We had a nice night drawing and drinking at my flat; and then we went to bed. The next day you even wanted to stay and asked me if you could, but I had to go to the studio and you got upset about that. We had a good time together. I like your art and I think you are a talented artist and I enjoyed being with you.”
Boyd responded, “I was not mad you had to leave at all! I was mad that I woke up to a fucking dick inside me without consent! You acted like you didn’t know why I was upset. I screamed at you telling you, ‘You don’t fuck people who are asleep!’ You asked me to stay and for my number and even invited me to go to the studio. I cried for the whole way home and after. I had trauma for months and for years have not been able to forget how awful you made me feel and how used and taken advantage of.”
Boyd mentioned to Orri Páll Dýrason, “You are gaslighting me. Just fucking admit what you did.”
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