[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

So apparently the hysteria has now reached a level that a few anonymous people on twitter can make unsubstantiated claims and it ruins a bands career.

Given the insane amount of fake accounts, trolls, russians etc, it is crazy to think that all you'd have to do is set up a few fake social media accounts, make some accusations anonymously and just like that you can ruin someone's life. And without ever leaving your keyboard. Just say some stuff online and let the hysteria take over and once that ball gets rolling, it ain't stopping.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4053142/c...al-misconduct/

On Wednesday, Katie Summers from Calgary radio show AMP Mornings with Katie and Ed at 90.3 AMP shared an experience she said happened about seven years ago when Hoggard was a guest at the station.

“This person who sings in this band made a really inappropriate comment to me and also touched me inappropriately,” Summers said in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday morning. “And that person was Jacob Hoggard from Hedley.


https://globalnews.ca/news/4055149/h...t-allegations/

In a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday evening, Hoggard denied having ever engaged in any form of non-consensual sexual behaviour. But he apologized for what he described as his “reckless and dismissive” treatment of women over the last 13 years.

The band’s official Twitter account also posted a statement announcing that it will be taking a hiatus “to work on our personal relationships and who we are as individuals.”