The Regrettes' Lydia Night Accuses SWMRS' Joey Armstrong of 'Emotional Abuse & Sexual Coercion'

billboard.com:

Lydia Night is speaking out. The Regrettes' frontwoman accused SWMRS drummer Joey Armstrong of emotional and sexual abuse in a lengthy Instagram post on Monday (July 20), which Billboard confirmed was penned by the musician.

The 19-year-old alleged that Armstrong, who is the son of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, sent her a direct message in 2017 on Instagram.

The message, according to Night, was to invite The Regrettes to tour with his band, which kicked off a relationship between the two that began when she was 16 and he was 22, and ended shortly before her 18th birthday. "For so long I viewed it just as being toxic and not something valid enough to share but now I know that what I actually experienced was emotional abuse and sexual