A fifth person has come forward with misconduct allegations against Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, saying he was “emotionally abusive, manipulative, and toxic” during their three-year relationship.
between 2016 and 2020. Three of his accusers said Butler used his fame to pressure them into sexual encounters; a fourth said Butler sexually assaulted them on two occasions, including once sticking his hand into their pants without consent.
Butler admitted to the extramarital relationships but said all of the sexual encounters were “consensual.” Sabina, for her part, described her relationship as “abusive” and rooted in a clear power imbalance: She was 22 when she met Butler, and he was 35; he was a world-famous musician, and she had just left a strict religious group and moved to Montreal, where she was taking university classes and working at a cafe.
“It was an ongoing abusive relationship,” she said. “Emotionally abusive, manipulative, toxic, and using his power dynamic to exploit my body at times that were convenient for him. He met me when I was so vulnerable.”Sabina claimed she met Butler in 2015 at the cafe where she worked, and the two soon began talking and texting. Sabina was dating someone at the time and said Butler would occasionally ask her if she and her boyfriend had broken up yet.
Echoing some of the allegations made by his previous accusers, Sabina said Butler frequently turned their text conversations toward sex and asked for explicit photos. In other diary entries from the time, she wrote about her attraction to Butler but also expressed concerns that she was “just a body” to him.
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