Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley speaks out on former manager denying sexual abuse: “There is only one way to settle this: under oath”

nme.com:

Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley has spoken out following his former manager denying accusations of sexual abuse, saying he is willing to go to court.The allegations arose last week, when the singer shared his first memoir, Walking Disaster, and also opened up to the LA Times about some of the more serious subject matter in the book.In the memoir, Whibley accused Grieg Nori – who is also the frontman for fellow pop-punk group Treble Charger – of grooming him, as well as sexually and verbally abusing him for years.In response, Nori spoke to The Globe And Mail, saying: “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.