Corey Taylor says he's been 'wrongfully accused' in former bandmember's lawsuit

Corey Taylor has briefly opened up about the lawsuit that Slipknot are currently facing, claiming he has been “wrongly accused” by former bandmate Chris Fehn.

Last week, reports surfaced that founding Slipknot percussionist Chris Fehn was suing the band.

As The Blast noted, this lawsuit reportedly centred around claims by Fehn that he had not received proper payment during is time in the band, with other members reportedly setting up seperate business entities to circumvent regular payment methods.

Specifically calling out vocalist Corey Taylor and percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan, Chris Fehn claims that he never received any money from these alleged seperate business entities.

As a result, he is asking for an audit to be undertaken on the band’s finances, and to be paid the “damages and profits” he claims he is owed.

While Slipknot offered up an official statement on their website yesterday, noting they were “disappointed that [Fehn] chose to point fingers and manufacture claims”, frontman Corey Taylor has now informally responded to news of the lawsuit on his Twitter account.

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— WKWKWKWKWKWKWK (@vdjivnov) March 19, 2019

You think that’s dickish, try being wrongfully accused of stealing money from someone you cared about, and having a lot of your fans believe it.
Good Morning, by the way.
— fuck your checkmark (@CoreyTaylorRock) March 18, 2019

Earlier today, Corey Taylor responded to a fan’s suggestion that founding member Anders Colsefni could take over from Chris Fehn. Writing “Fuck I would LOVE that” in a since-deleted Tweet, another fan chimed in, claiming that this lineup change would be a “bit dickish”.

Taylor soon responded by explaining, “You think that’s dickish, try being wrongfully accused of stealing money from someone you cared about, and having a lot of your fans believe it.”

As fan on Reddit noted recently, former member Donnie Steele (who played with the group 1995 to 1996 and again from 2011 to 2014) shared a series of since-deleted messages on Facebook which seemingly took the side of Chris Fehn.

“Lol! Don’t blame him,” Steele wrote. “Nobody likes to get lied to and ripped off. I know first-hand.”

“And most, MOST of them can’t write. In the three years I toured with them I actually spent more time in writing sessions and the studio [than] I did on the road… All done behind the other members’ back. That’s how they roll…”

No further statements have been shared by the group yet, with Slipknot revealing yesterday they are hard at work on their next studio album.

In related news, Slipknot were recently announced as the support act for Metallica’s first Australian tour in six years. At this stage, there’s no word who will be replacing Chris Fehn on these upcoming dates.