Lydia Night shares new statement on sexual misconduct allegations against ex-SWMRS drummer Joey Armstrong

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SWMRS‘ recent statement on the allegations of sexual misconduct made against the band’s former drummer, Joey Armstrong.In a statement shared on Instagram back in July 2020, Night – singer of LA band The Regrettes – detailed her experiences with Armstrong (son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong) during a one-year relationship that began in mid-2017.Night said in the original message that the relationship began when she was 16, and ended “right before my 18th birthday”.

Armstrong was 22-years-old during that period.“Every time we took a step sexually it was because he wanted to and made it clear by either putting my hand on his crotch, shaming me for saying I wasn’t comfortable, gaslighting me or ignoring me when I didn’t my consent,” part of Night’s post read.Earlier today, SWMRS’ Cole and Max Becker posted a video in which the former read out “an open letter to our fans”.

Cole revealed that the pair were “going to keep the band going”, and confirmed that both Armstrong and Seb Mueller had departed.On the allegations, he said: “In July 2020, my friend and the drummer of SWMRS, Joey Armstrong, was accused of emotional abuse and sexual coercion by somebody that he had dated years before.

They were not the same age when they dated; he was 22, she was 17. But nonetheless, the accusations came as a shock to me.”The frontman disputed Night’s claim that Armstrong had forced her to keep their relationship a secret. “Everyone involved in both of their lives knew about it,” he said. “I was also confused because they never had sex, and yet many people began to refer to him as a rapist.