Sigur Rós drummer Orri Páll Dýrason has left the band following allegations of sexual assault.
Remaining band members Jónsi Birgisson and Georg Hólm issued a statement, which reads:
In the wake of the extremely serious and personal allegations made against him in recent days we have today accepted the resignation of our bandmate Orri Páll Dyrason to allow him to deal with this privately.
The allegations emerged last week, when Los Angeles-based artist Meagan Boyd shared an Instagram post detailing an encounter with the drummer in 2013.
She accused Dýrason of rape, saying that she was drunk when she met him at a club, but after sharing a kiss and falling asleep in the same bed, she "woke up with the feeling of being penetrated without my consent during a deep slumber."
In a follow-up post, Boyd shared screenshots of emails between her and Dýrason in which he maintained, "I did not assault you." Instead, he remembered their encounter by saying they'd "had a good time together." That post has since been removed from Instagram, but you can see the original post below.
Remaining band members Jónsi Birgisson and Georg Hólm issued a statement, which reads:
In the wake of the extremely serious and personal allegations made against him in recent days we have today accepted the resignation of our bandmate Orri Páll Dyrason to allow him to deal with this privately.
The allegations emerged last week, when Los Angeles-based artist Meagan Boyd shared an Instagram post detailing an encounter with the drummer in 2013.
She accused Dýrason of rape, saying that she was drunk when she met him at a club, but after sharing a kiss and falling asleep in the same bed, she "woke up with the feeling of being penetrated without my consent during a deep slumber."
In a follow-up post, Boyd shared screenshots of emails between her and Dýrason in which he maintained, "I did not assault you." Instead, he remembered their encounter by saying they'd "had a good time together." That post has since been removed from Instagram, but you can see the original post below.