US musician Phoebe Bridgers has offered up a further statement in regards to the allegations of abuse made against Ryan Adams.
On Thursday, it was revealed that a number of women had come forward to accuse American musician Ryan Adams of sexual and emotional abuse. In a report from The New York Times, statements were included from the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Courtney Jaye and Adams’ ex-wife Mandy Moore.
Likewise, the report also made mention of accusations from a 14-year-old girl who claimed that Adams exposed himself to her.
While Adams’ attorney, Andrew B. Brettler, stated that the artist, “unequivocally denies that he ever engaged in inappropriate online sexual communications with someone he knew was underage,” it was since revealed that FBI agents from the Crimes Against Children Squad had opened an investigation into the matter.
After the Times article was published, Adams took to Twitter to apologise to “anyone I have ever hurt, however unintentionally,” adding that “I would never have inappropriate interactions with someone I thought was underage.”
In the days since the allegations were made public, a number of musicians have offered up their opinions on the matter, including collaborator Jenny Lewis.
Taking to Twitter recently, Lewis explained that she was “deeply troubled by Ryan Adams’ alleged behavior.”
“Although he and I had a working professional relationship, I stand in solidarity with the women who have come forward,” she continued.
I am deeply troubled by Ryan Adams’ alleged behavior. Although he and I had a working professional relationship, I stand in solidarity with the women who have come forward.
— jenny lewis (@jennylewis) February 16, 2019
Now, as Pitchfork reports, Phoebe Bridgers has taken to Instagram to offer up a further statement on the allegations she made against Ryan Adams.
“It’s been a weird week and I wanted to say a couple things,” Bridgers wrote earlier today. “Thank you from my whole fucking heart to my friends, my bands, my mom. They all supported and validated me.”
“They told me that what had happened was fucked up and wrong, and that I was right to feel weird about it. I couldn’t have done this without them.”
“Ryan had a network too. Friends, bands, people he worked with,” Bridgers continued. “None of them held him accountable. They told him, by what they said or by what they didn’t, that what he was doing was okay. They validated him. He couldn’t have done this without them.”
“Guys, if your friend is acting fucked up, call them out. If they’re actually your friend, they’ll listen. That’s the way this all gets better.”
In the report published by The New York Times, Bridgers explained that Adams approached her in 2014, when she was 20 years old. Offering help in order to help further her career, Bridgers explained that their relationship soon evolved into a relationship one, which soon saw Adams allegedly become emotionally abusive.
The report outlines that Adams began “barraging her with texts, insisting that she prove her whereabouts, or leave social situations to have phone sex, and threatening suicide if she didn’t reply immediately.”
Ryan Adams is yet to respond to the new statement made by Phoebe Bridgers.
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