Arcade Fire Win Butler

Four accusers have spoken out against the musician, accusing him of “inappropriate” actions between 2015 and 2020. All fans of the band, they allege that they ...

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Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has been accused of sexual assault by three women and a gender-fluid person. He claimed encounters were "consensual."

"I have stood by him because I know he is a good man who cares about this world, our band, his fans, friends, and our family," she said. That simply, and unequivocally, never happened," Butler said. "We immediately talked on the phone and although she indicated her depression was not related to me, I left that conversation committed to never sleeping with someone again that I fundamentally knew so little about. "I remember being so nervous and so ashamed that I did it," Sarah said. "I did everything because it was him," Sarah said. Butler was 36 at the start of the allegations.

The Canadian musician, who co-founded Arcade Fire in 2001, has responded to the accounts in the Pitchfork report by stating: “While these relationships were all ...

I say to you all my friends, family, to anyone I have hurt and to the people who love my music and are shocked and disappointed by this report: I’m sorry. I know what is in his heart, and I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent and I am certain he never did. I continued to doubt the validity of my behaviours and my assertion of my ‘no’ and lack of consent for months after.” There is no easy way to say this, and the hardest thing I have ever done is having to share this with my son. Life is filled with tremendous pain and error, and I never want to be part of causing someone else’s pain. He has lost his way and he has found his way back. Continuing, Butler added: “As I look to the future, I am continuing to learn from my mistakes and working hard to become a better person, someone my son can be proud of. I can do better and I will do better.“ But at times, it has been difficult to balance being the father, husband, and bandmate that I want to be. I have connected with people in person, at shows, and through social media, and I have shared messages of which I am not proud. We have been together for twenty years, she is my partner in music and in life, my soulmate and I am lucky and grateful to have her by my side. One of the anonymous sources under the pseudonym Lily, however, claims that he touched and kissed her without expressed consent and that she was forced to shout at him to stop.

Butler, 42, has been married to his Arcade Fire bandmate Régine Chassange since 2003 and they share a nine-year-old son. The musician has addressed the ...

He has lost his way and he has found his way back. She added: ‘I know what is in his heart, and I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent and I am certain he never did. He concluded: ‘I say to you all my friends, family, to anyone I have hurt and to the people who love my music and are shocked and disappointed by this report: I’m sorry. He has been my partner in life and in music for 20 years. ‘There is no easy way to say this, and the hardest thing I have ever done is having to share this with my son. But at times, it has been difficult to balance being the father, husband, and bandmate that I want to be.