Crystal Castles tour dates cancelled following Ethan Kath rape and assault allegations (Report)

Crystal Castles have cancelled all their forthcoming tour dates following rape and assault allegations levelled at the band’s Ethan Kath by former vocalist Alice Glass.

In a statement released earlier this week, Glass detailed her allegations against Kath, accusing the musician (real name Claudio Palmieri) of rape, physical assault, emotional manipulation and other forms of abuse dating back to when she was 15. Kath denied the allegations, describing them as “pure fiction”.

Crystal Castles have since cancelled all upcoming headline shows, as well as their planned appearance at Voodoo Festival in New Orleans this weekend. The band had been scheduled to tour North America through to mid-November.

In her statement, Glass claimed that Kath “was very manipulative towards me. He figured out my insecurities and exploited them: he used the things he learned about me against me. Over 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. It wasn’t always consensual and he remained sober whenever we were together.”

Kath was accused by Glass of “abusively and systematically targeting my insecurities and controlling my behavior: my eating habits, who I could talk to, where I could go, what I could say in public, what I was allowed to wear. He kept me from doing interviews or photoshoots unless he was in control of the situation… He became physically abusive. He held me over a staircase and threatened to throw me down it. He picked me up over his shoulders and threw me onto concrete.”

“He controlled everything I did,” Glass alleged. “I wasn’t allowed…