{"id":23456,"date":"2018-05-18T15:35:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=23456"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:04:23","slug":"news-roundup-alice-glass-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/news-roundup-alice-glass-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS ROUNDUP: Alice Glass, YouTube & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice Glass, YouTube & More<\/h2>\n

By Jasmine Williams<\/h3>\n

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The Indomitable Ms. Alice<\/h3>\n

Thanks to #MuteRKelly <\/a>the #MeToo floodgates have opened in the music industry with more stories of rampant sexual abuse and harassment coming out every day. Just this week, allegations surfaced against Dee Dee Warwick<\/a> and Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band<\/a>. While it feels daunting to read more and more about disturbing abuses of power, there is a silver lining. Victims are finally being taken more seriously and with everything coming to the surface, the tides may finally be changing.<\/p>\n

Case in point – Alice Glass. Last October, the ex-Crystal Castles front woman authored a blog post<\/a> accusing her former bandmate Ethan Kath of almost a decade of sexual, physical, and mental abuse. In response, Kath attempted to\u00a0 <\/span>sue for defamation, calling<\/a> Glass\u2019 allegations \u201cpure fiction.\u201d His case was thrown out in February, in part because of Glass\u2019 legal team\u2019s citing of anti-SLAPP<\/a> legislation.<\/p>\n

Recently, Kath tried to re-open his defamation case and lost, again! Yesterday, Glass revealed that a judge denied Kath\u2019s appeal. Glass\u2019 statements are protected under the First Amendment right to free speech; she and her lawyer, Vicki Greco, were also able to prove that her comments were made in the public interest. Glass was also awarded $20,000 in damages<\/a> for her legal fees.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if the Crystal Castles cases create a precedent for similar situations such as Gaslamp Killer\u2019s case. The producer has filed a defamation suit<\/a> against two women who alleged that he drugged and raped them in 2013.<\/p>\n

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“oh and the bullshit lawsuit by my former bandmate was once again denied in his appeal attempt today. now he owes us legal fees”\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/LRMr2zpDh7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ALICE GLASS (@ALICEGLASS) May 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n