Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Seven Additional Women
Last August, Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters was accused of sexual abuse by three women, which he denied in a social media post as “false accusations and innuendo.” The charges were first reported in Pitchfork, and it was revealed in a follow-up report that seven additional women have come forward with accusations that the musician of additional sexual misconduct, including one who says, “He raped me. I said, ‘please don’t.’ And he did.” The seven women shared incidents that range from 2017 back to the 1990s, and most use pseudonyms or their first name. Pitchfork recounted allegations that include non-consensual nudity and masturbation, unwanted touching, and one claim of nonconsensual intercourse. One woman was 30 years younger than Kozelek. <!– // B...
Mark Kozelek Denies Sexual Misconduct Accusations: ‘False Allegations and Innuendo’
Last week, Pitchfork published a report where three women accused Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek of sexual misconduct. In a statement posted on his website, Kozelek denies all of the accusations. “It is important that I publicly and unconditionally deny that I engaged in the inappropriate and disturbing incidents falsely depicted in the media. While I support the important work of addressing legitimate claims of sexual misconduct, I reject the false allegations and innuendo in the recent press,” Kozelek’s statement begins. “I have retained the legal counsel of Lavely & Singer to investigate and to pursue as necessary any claims against anyone participating to defame me in the media,” he concluded the statement. Earlier on Monday, Kozelek’s European tour dates were postponed in the wake of...
Sun Kil Moon Postpones Tour Following Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Mark Kozelek, the musician behind Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters, was accused by three women last week of sexual misconduct; today it was announced that the six November 2020 shows scheduled for the UK, Ireland and Europe have been postponed. The official Sun Kil Moon site simply states: “**November tour rescheduled for 2021. Dates TBA.**” There was no information on whether the currently scheduled 2021 performances, slated to begin Feb. 1 in London and run through Feb. 17 in Berlin, will happen. SPIN reached out to promoter TEG MJR for clarification on whether the tour dates were postponed or outright canceled. Last week, when SPIN reached out to Kozelek’s publicist for comment about the sexual misconduct allegations last week, the publicist replied, “Sorry, I haven’t been able to sp...
Mark Kozelek Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Three Women
Mark Kozelek has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct, according to an investigative piece published by Pitchfork today. Sarah Catherine Golden, a mental health specialist, told Pitchfork that she met the Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters singer on a flight to Portugal. She was then allegedly invited to his show, and after the gig, accompanied him to his hotel, where instead of the expected party/hangout, she was alone with him in his room. Pitchfork reports that Golden declined Kozelek’s invitation to spend the night. She asked him to call her a cab, and he did so. But she allegedly recounted later to friends via text, “He started kissing me and simultaneously was somehow naked and hard and jerking off.” Golden didn’t report the incident to Portuguese police, but...
