The case states that they spoke on the phone in June 2020 and Ashton reportedly admitted what he did was “so inappropriate,” “completely wrong” and the result of an imbalance of power. The victim later told him she had begun therapy as a result of what he did to her. The lawsuit claims that Ashton even reached out to one of his accusers in 2016 amid the rise of the “Me Too” movement, when high-profile men were publicly accused of sexual misconduct. The EDM star also reportedly encouraged the young girls to watch “American Beauty,” a 1999 file about a middle-aged man who seeks a relationship with his 16-year-old daughter’s classmate. USA Today reported that the lawsuit details how he “mandated” condoms would not be used for sexual acts and paid the high schoolers between $300 and $1,600, insisting their relationships be kept secret. He allegedly offered them free tickets and paid for travel arrangements to his shows. The female plaintiffs allege that the DJ used social media to communicate with fans, even if he knew they were underage. “In fact, it was a running joke among those associated with Bassnectar that he would have to find a date at a high school dance,” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit alleges that the 43-year-old used his celebrity status in his mid-30s to target and engage “in commercial sex acts with minors” while “utilizing his shows and organizations to accomplish the exploitation of young girls for his own sexual gratification.” “These outrageous claims - which were clearly designed for the media, rather than for the courts - are completely without merit, and we eagerly look forward to proving so,” Ashton’s attorney Mitchell Schuster said in a statement to the magazine. The allegations from two women were detailed in a Monday lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone. The case accuses Bassnectar, whose legal name is Lorin Ashton, of “ingratiating himself” into the lives of young girls to “groom and ultimately sexually victimize” them, solicit their nude pictures and subject them to sex trafficking. Bassnectar, a DJ and electronic dance musician, has been sued for allegedly sexually abusing and trafficking underage girls, as well as possessing child pornography.
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