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Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has been accused of sexual misconduct by four people — but the singer claims the relationships were consensual, according to a report.
One of the accusers, a gender-fluid individual who uses they/them pronouns, claimed Butler, now 42, sexually assaulted them twice in 2015 when they were 21 years old, according to Pitchfork.
Three of the accusers are women who say their relationships were inappropriate due to an age gap and “power dynamics” between them and the singer.
The women said the interactions took place between 2016 and 2020, when they were between the ages of 18 and 23, Pitchfork reported. Butler was 36-39 during the alleged interactions.
Butler, who formed the indie-rock group in 2001 with his now wife Regine Chassagne, denied any wrongdoing through a spokesman, who said the interactions were consensual and he did not initiate any of them.
