Geordie Greep Responds After Accuser and Former Bandmate Speak Out About Alleged Assault

Geordie Greep has issued a new statement after the woman at the center of recent allegations against the former black midi frontman came forward with her account, saying he sexually assaulted her while she was asleep. In a new Paste report published Wednesday, the woman — identified under the pseudonym “Laura” — also stressed that flyers accusing Greep of rape outside his October 8th Vancouver concert were distributed without her knowledge or consent. “My voice was taken away from me,” Laura told Paste. She said the flyers were distributed by someone she trusted and that neither the accusation printed on them nor Greep’s initial description of the encounter accurately reflected what happened. “I was not raped. I was sexually assaulted,” she said, adding of the flyers, “A man who was mad made the false claim, not the victim. I want that to be very clear.” Laura was particularly adamant about the distinction between rape and sexual assault: “I feel very strongly that the word rape should only be used for rape. We need to be able to trust when someone says rape. Using that language when it’s not the truth diminishes it and takes away from its meaning…” She also rejected Greep’s charac...