Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley and former manager suing each other over sexual abuse claims

nme.com:

Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley and his former manager have taken legal action against one another over sexual abuse claims.In his memoir, Walking Disaster, Whibley accused Greig Nori, the ex-manager for the ‘Fat Lip’ hitmakers and frontman for fellow pop-punk group Treble Charger, of grooming him, as well as sexually and verbally abusing him for years.Nori has denied all of the allegations made against him, telling The Globe And Mail that he had not seen the book or heard the allegations and added: “These are false allegations”.

Nori also said that he had retained a defamation lawyer.He also spoke to the Toronto Star and claimed that it was Whibley who initiated the relationship, as well as saying that accusations of “grooming” were false as they were both allegedly adults when the relationship began.“The accusation that I initiated the relationship is false.

I did not initiate it. Whibley initiated it, aggressively,” he claimed. “When the relationship began Whibley was an adult, as was I.”He continued, telling the outlet: “The accusation that I pressured Whibley to continue the relationship is false.

The accusation that I pressured Whibley to continue the relationship by accusing him of homophobia is false. Ultimately the relationship simply faded out.