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Deryck claims helium was 'in shock' and 'confused' by Nori's alleged advances erstwhile helium was a teenager
- Amanda Devlin, Assistant Showbiz Editor (Features)
- Published: 18:02, 8 Oct 2024
- Updated: 18:02, 8 Oct 2024
SUM 41 frontman Deryck Whibley has claimed his band’s erstwhile manager "groomed and sexually abused him" arsenic a teenager.
The vocalist has spoken for the archetypal clip astir his acquisition of being "pressured" into a intersexual narration with Greig Nori successful his caller memoir, Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell.
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Whibley was 16 years aged erstwhile helium met Nori, frontman of Treble Charger, who was 34 astatine the time.
They are said to person met backstage astatine 1 of Nori's shows.
The brace spent hours talking connected the telephone arsenic Nori acted arsenic a benignant of mentor fig to Whibley.
Eventually, Nori became Sum 41's manager, producing their music, inviting them to parties and raves and helping them marque manufacture connections.
Whibley describes being "passionately" kissed by Nori successful a bath during a nighttime erstwhile helium was 18.
He describes being "in shock" and "confused" - having ne'er been attracted to men before.
Nori is accused of persuading Whibley to research their transportation further by telling him galore rockers were "queer", adding: "most radical are bisexual; they’re conscionable excessively acrophobic to admit it.”
Whibley writes successful his caller book: "He was truthful relentless and convincing that aft a while, I started to judge that possibly helium was right."
After experimenting with his sexuality for a fewer months, Whibley wanted to extremity their carnal encounters.
However, Nori is accused of breaking into a rage erstwhile helium tried to extremity things.
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Whibley continued: "He told maine this was each my responsibility to statesman with due to the fact that I should ne'er person said yes to it successful the archetypal place.
"I started this and present helium was successful it with maine truthful I couldn’t conscionable stop."
After Nori's carnal encounters ended, Whibley says helium was verbally abused arsenic Sum 41's occurrence soared.
He is believed to person been fired arsenic the band's managed successful 2004.
Sum 41 had hits including Fat Lip and In Too Deep aft forming successful the 90s.
Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell is retired Tuesday, October 8.
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