Let me start off by saying I DON”T BELIEVE IT! So, an
anonymous person recently accused Bright Eyes of rape and he was like, NO WAY
JOSE!
Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has issued a statement in
response to an online blog post from an anonymous user, who claims she was
raped by him.
Last month, an unnamed commenter responded to an article
on the website XOJane detailing what is was like to date an abusive rock star. She said: "I was raped by a 'rock star' myself. I was 16 years old, he was
in his 20s. No one believed me (he wasn’t even that famous then)."
She later claimed that the "rock star" she was
talking about was Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst. She then wrote that she
met the singer through her English teacher who was Oberst's brother, and claimed
that she was given to the moody singer as a 16th birthday present, (Oh shit!)
which is when she alleges she was raped. A Tumblr user subsequently
re-published the series of posts and it has since gone viral. Cause people LOVE
bullshit!
In her post, the commenter says she regrets not telling
anyone about the alleged incident at the time, but says she didn't think anyone
would believe her.
Oberst’s publicist responded to the claims:
"Usually we wouldn't feel the urge to comment on
spurious blog chatter but the recent allegations made about Conor Oberst by an
anonymous commenter on the xoJane website are flagrant enough to demand our
response. This individual's accusations are absolutely, unequivocally false.
Unfortunately, the internet allows for groundless statements like this to
travel the world before the truth has any time to surface. This is a
particularly serious and sickening allegation and there is no truth to it.
Conor has nothing but abhorrence for the perpetrators of crimes of sexual
violence. The behavior attributed to him by this individual is in direct
opposition to his principles. Conor is consulting with a libel attorney
regarding this matter."
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