Brand New’s Jesse Lacey faces fresh grooming allegation ahead of band’s comeback tour

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Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey, ahead of the band’s comeback tour.Earlier this week, the emo band announced plans for a 24-date trip across North America for this summer, their first sustained run of shows since going on hiatus in 2017.Brand New withdrew from the public eye after sexual misconduct allegations involving Lacey and a minor went public.

Shortly afterwards, two more women came forward with additional allegations.Lacey responded at the time by offering an apology for “the actions of my past” which he said had “caused pain and harm to a number of people.”“I want to say that I am absolutely sorry.

I do not stand in defense of myself nor do I forgive myself. I was selfish, narcissistic, and insensitive in my past, and there are a number of people who have had to shoulder the burden of my failures,” he said at the time.“I apologise for the hurt I have caused, and hope to be able to take the correct actions to earn forgiveness and trust.”Now, amid news of the band’s re-emergence, another woman has come forward with a previously undisclosed allegation of grooming that she claims began in 2005.

In a post on Medium, a woman named Aiyana detailed an alleged pattern of grooming behaviour from Lacey while she was 15 years old.She claims that Lacey requested her contact information after she gifted him handmade items at a show.