At the Drive-In's Cedric Bixler-Zavala Speaks Out Against Danny Masterson for Allegedly Raping His Wife

The musician also says he made reference to the actor on the band's latest album 'in•ter a•li•a'

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Nov 22, 2017

Last week, actress and former Scientologist Chrissie Carnell Bixler revealed herself to be one of four women accusing That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson of rape, a case that had stalled earlier this month. Bixler's husband, At the Drive-In and Mars Volta vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala, has now spoken out against Masterson in his wife's defence.

Taking to Twitter, Bixler-Zavala alleged that the Church of Scientology "has been outsourcing private investigators and various thugs to follow and try and intimidate my family under the policy known as fair game."

Carnell Bixler had previously been a member of Scientology, while Masterson still belongs to the church.

"My wife pressed charges against Danny Masterson a year ago after learning of the other victims that he and the Church of Scientology had silenced. Twitter, TMZ, LAPD are all bought and paid for," Bixler-Zavala continued, mentioning he had received a cease and desist letter from Masterson's lawyer Marty Singer for tweets that were "too suggestive" despite never naming his client.

Bixler-Zavala also said to "go back and re read my 'nonsensical' lyrics off our last ATDI record."

Listeners have pointed to in•ter a•li•a cut "Incurably Innocent" containing lyrics that seem to be about Masterson and the Church of Scientology's involvement with the case:

He keeps a-hiding your photograph
Of the moment that you needed to emasculate his
Photograph but you locked up in the trance of a memory
Photograph of the moment that you needed to emasculate his
Photograph but you locked up in the trance of a memory
Marching to the coffins on Franklin Avenue

Preyed on the anguish, you better run
Always dragging a finger across his throat
Man is the fixer to sage the ghosts
And the faith that awarded his every move


The Hollywood location of the church's Celebrity Centre, a building that hosts high-ranking Scientology members, can be found on Franklin Avenue.

It was revealed in March of this year that Masterson was under investigation by the LAPD.

Find Bixler-Zavala's tweets and the lyric video for "Incurably Innocent" below.

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