Alice Glass has made a statement about her departure from Crystal Castles, and her relationship with ex-bandmate, Ethan Kath.
“I met “Ethan Kath” (Claudio Palmieri) when I was in the 10th grade,” she explains. “The first time he took advantage of me was when I was around 15. He was 10 years older than me.”
She goes on to talk about how he was “very manipulative”, “became physically abusive” and “controlled everything I did”.
“He told me that my feminism made me a target for rapists and only he could protect me. He forced me to have sex with him or, he said, I wouldn’t be allowed to be in the band anymore.”
Read Alice’s full statement below.
Ethan has since sent Pitchfork a short response via his attorney, in which he claims her story is “pure fiction”. Read that here.
this is why I had to leave Crystal Castles. here is my story: https://t.co/bs9aJRwgms #metoo
— ALICE GLASS (@ALICEGLASS) 24 October 2017