Notice: This text incorporates descriptions of alleged sexual misconduct which will disturb some readers.
A Lemonheads’ fan says singer Evan Dando despatched her a sequence of unsolicited, sexually specific movies through X. After the story was damaged on Tony Ortega’s The Underground Bunker—a weblog that sometimes focuses on exposing Scientologists—a consultant for Dando issued the next assertion: “Evan Dando has lengthy struggled with psychological well being points courting again to his childhood. He’s been admitted to an area hospital the place he’s receiving complete assist from skilled docs and psychological well being professionals.”
A lady pseudonymously recognized as Daybreak informed Ortega that she used to tweet “forwards and backwards” with Dando, normally about artwork. Final October, when the Lemonheads launched Love Chant, Daybreak says she despatched Dando a congratulatory message. He didn’t reply till February 4, in line with a screenshot of the messages on the weblog, which Pitchfork is unable to independently confirm. The be aware reads, “Cool I’m sorry I’m an exhibitionist.”
Daybreak’s response is proven within the picture: “Don’t ever apologize for being you, my buddy. All the time be unapologetic. And also you.”
The next morning, Daybreak says she awoke to a number of extra messages from Dando, together with a request to ship “an artwork picture.” Daybreak says this was adopted by a video: “It’s him sitting in a basement or one thing, and he’s totally masturbating. You possibly can see his penis, and his face. It’s undoubtedly him. He’s filming it from a bizarre angle.” A day after opening the primary video, Daybreak acquired a brand new one, additionally of Dando masturbating. Dando then despatched a message stating, “Okay sorry thanks I simply want an outlet Cheers.”
“I’ve by no means felt anger like that,” Daybreak informed Ortega. “Don’t name me an outlet, that’s gross.”
Dando beforehand wrote about his historical past of drug dependancy and psychological sickness in his 2025 memoir Rumors of My Demise.
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