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Megadeth Part Ways With Co-Founder David Ellefson

Written by Johnson Stephen on May 26, 2021

megadeth david ellefson Megadeth have parted ways with co-founder David Ellefson following grooming accusations.

Earlier in May 2021, several explicit screenshots and videos were leaked of David Ellefson purportedly having ‘some private and personal conversations’ with a woman who was alleged by some to be underage. The bassist denied the allegations that he was grooming an underage girl.

”While certainly embarrassing, I want to address it as openly and honestly as possible. As much as it’s not something I’m proud of, these were private, adult interactions that were taken out of context and manipulated to inflict maximum damage to my reputation, my career and family.”

The woman allegedly involved also released a statement, which Ellefson shared, saying that she was never underage when the conversations took place and it reads as follows:

”Yes, those video calls did happen, but I was the one to initiate them and never was I underage, I was always a consenting adult. Nothing inappropriate ever happened before that. It was all consensual, I’m not a victim and I have not been groomed in the slightest as I was the one to initiate it” she said before adding ”In the end, it was all consensual and all online. I don’t know how it got to this point, but a lot of information is being left out by the people purposely trying to harm him. I would ask that anyone sharing these personal private videos or any misinformation about them to please stop.”

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine had this to say on the matter ”We are informing our fans that David Ellefson is no longer playing with Megadeth. We do not take this decision lightly. What has already been revealed now, is enough to make moving forward with David Ellefson impossible.”