Crystal Castles Singer Ethan Kath Sues Alice Glass Over Rape And Abuse Claims
Ethan Kath
Crystal Castles singer Ethan Kath  filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against Alice Glass and  her  boyfriend  Jupiter Keyes  after Glass  a former singer and bandmate in the Canadian electronic duo  released a statement on Tuesday alleging years of abuse by  Kath .
In  her  post  Glass wrote "I met ' Ethan Kath'  (Claudio Palmieri) when I was in the 10th grade. The first time  he  took advantage of  me  was when I was around 15.  He  was 10 years older than  me ."
Glass said that âover a period of many months   he  gave me drugs and alcohol and had sex with  me  in an abandoned room at an apartment  he  managed." Glass also alleged that the sex "wasnât always consensual."
According to  Kath 's complaint   he  said after  he  ended  his  relationship with  her  in 2012  Glass began accusing  him  of stealing  her  share of the bandâs profits. But  Kath  said five subsequent audits revealed no wrongdoing on  his  part. Despite the audits   Kath  said Glass âhatched a plan to ruin  his  good name and reputation in the industry  destroy Crystal Castles and in turn boost  her  own career.â
 Kath  said Glass and Keyes conspired together to spread false and malicious lies that he was physically and sexually abusive. He said he learned of the allegations in 2014 when he discovered a fan had been contacted by Glass to post âhorrific and humiliating untruthsâ about him.  Kath  said the fan never went through with the post after Kathâs attorney sent a cease and desist letter.  Kath  also said Glassâ âillicit drug abuse became substantial and  her  behavior erraticâ when  she  began dating Keyes  according to his complaint.
 Kathâs  attorney Shane Bernard said  âmy client categorically denies all the malicious lies about sexual abuse. At no time did my client ever force Alice Glass into having sex with him against  her  will  much less by use of violence or drugs to take advantage of  her .â
Despite the fact that the two broke up five years ago  Glass   Kath  said  has persisted in trying to damage  his  reputation evidenced by  her  recent blog post.  He  said Glassâ false claims have damaged  his  reputation causing  him  irreparable harm  including the cancellation of Crystal Castlesâ North American tour  costing  him  at minimum $300 000 in lost profits.
[TGT] filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against Alice Glass and   [TGT]   boyfriend  Jupiter Keyes  after Glass  a former singer and bandmate in the Canadian electronic duo  released a statement on Tuesday alleging years of abuse by  [TGT]  .
In  her  post  Glass wrote "I met '  [TGT]   (Claudio Palmieri) when I was in the 10th grade. The first time  he  took advantage of  me  was when I was around 15.  He  was 10 years older than  me ."
Glass said that âover a period of many months   he  gave me drugs and alcohol and had sex with  me  in an abandoned room at an apartment  he  managed." Glass also alleged that the sex "wasnât always consensual."
According to   [TGT]  's complaint   he  said after  he  ended  his  relationship with  her  in 2012  Glass began accusing  him  of stealing  her  share of the bandâs profits. But   [TGT] said five subsequent audits revealed no wrongdoing on  his  part. Despite the audits    [TGT] said Glass âhatched a plan to ruin  his  good name and reputation in the industry  destroy Crystal Castles and in turn boost   [TGT]   own career.â
  [TGT] said Glass and Keyes conspired together to spread false and malicious lies that he was physically and sexually abusive. He said he learned of the allegations in 2014 when he discovered a fan had been contacted by Glass to post âhorrific and humiliating untruthsâ about him.   [TGT] said the fan never went through with the post after Kathâs attorney sent a cease and desist letter.   [TGT] also said Glassâ âillicit drug abuse became substantial and   [TGT]   behavior erraticâ when   [TGT]   began dating Keyes  according to his complaint.
 Kathâs  attorney Shane Bernard said  âmy client categorically denies all the malicious lies about sexual abuse. At no time did my client ever force Alice Glass into having sex with him against  her  will  much less by use of violence or drugs to take advantage of  her .â
Despite the fact that the two broke up five years ago  Glass    [TGT] said  has persisted in trying to damage   [TGT]   reputation evidenced by   [TGT]   recent blog post.   [TGT]   said Glassâ false claims have damaged   [TGT]   reputation causing   [TGT]   irreparable harm  including the cancellation of Crystal Castlesâ North American tour  costing   [TGT]   at minimum $300 000 in lost profits.