In an exclusive interview with Paste, the Vancouver woman Geordie Greep was accused of sexually assaulting last week, as well as the musician’s former keyboardist Cameron Campbell (who, on October 12, told a fan on the black midi subreddit that he had quit Greep’s band), have come forward to shed light on the alleged incident that led to the tour’s cancellation.

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“My voice was taken away from me,” the anonymous woman, who used the pseudonym Laura in the report, told the publication. She explained that the “Geordie Greep A Rapist” flyers were distributed by “someone [she] trusted” at the show at the Pearl on October 8. “A man who was mad made the false claim, not the victim. I want that to be very clear,” Laura wrote in a statement. “Neither story was fully accurate. I was not raped. I was sexually assaulted, and [it was] more than a kiss taken the wrong way. “

UPDATE (10/14, 3:31 p.m. ET): Greep has now published a statement on social media, responding to the “articles in the press” and wanting “to be very clear about what happened.”

The musician recounted a similar story of going to the apartment belonging to one of the people he’d met at a bar the evening of October 7, and woke up at around 6 a.m. after falling asleep on an armchair. “One of the women in the group was on a sofa opposite me alongside three other people who were with us that night,” Greep wrote. “Throughout the night I had — I now realize mistakenly and stupidly — believed that she was interested in me. I went over to her and leaned down to kiss her. I kissed her once, and she immediately responded negatively and pushed me away. I apologized and stepped away.”

Greep continued:

She was understandably upset and told me to leave. She told me she had been asleep, which to my great regret, I honestly did not realize. I left the apartment but returned a few minutes later as I realized I had not taken my phone. After collecting my phone I left.

I want to unreservedly apologize to her for what I did and for the distress and hurt I caused that night. It was a huge mistake. I feel awful about it and I am very sorry. I got it all wrong that night and I accept that. I understand the impact of my actions and take full accountability. I’m not trying to minimize what happened in any way and, again, all I can say is how sorry I am.

Corroborated by Campbell, she recounted of meeting the two musicians out at a local bar with her friend Christina (also a pseudonym), where they also befriended a woman named Katherine (another pseudonym). When the bar was closing, the group went back to Katherine’s apartment; during the walk there, Laura said she recalled Greep making “inappropriate comments about homeless people” (and “his opinion on race or gender or things like that,” as per Campbell). Laura and Christina both told Campbell Greep’s words had made them uncomfortable.

After falling asleep on the couch in Katherine’s apartment, Laura said she woke up to Greep kissing her: “I don’t know for how long because I was passed out, but I think I woke up fairly quickly. His lips were on my lips, trying to make out with me, and then I pushed him off.”

Katherine, Christina and Campbell hear Laura scream, running into the room to check on her. When Laura explained what had happened, they kicked Greep out of the apartment — only for him to return a few minutes later, “looking for his phone.”

“He tried to start downplaying it right there, saying that he only tried to give her a kiss on the cheek — which, again, if she’s asleep, that doesn’t really make it okay either way,” Campbell told Paste. “He went down in the elevator and tried to get me to come with him, but I was just like, ‘I want to stay up here and make sure everything is okay.'”

Campbell said he and Christina went downstairs and waited outside, where Laura came out “crying and very visibly shaken up” before they made sure she was able to safely get an Uber home. Laura added that she didn’t see Greep when she got outside, but was told that “Geordie was still lurking around the building.”

“After that, I knew that I was gonna quit,” Campbell said. “I remember calling my brother on the phone and telling him I’m quitting the band, and him saying, ‘I’ll help you get a plane ticket home tonight at 11:15 p.m.'” After informing Greep’s tour manager of his decision to leave, they both told the rest of the band what happened. Campbell said he went to the Pearl before soundcheck, where they all confronted Greep, telling him that his behaviour was “completely unacceptable.”

Campbell said he didn’t learn about the flyers until after he had already quit and left the venue; on his way to the airport, the keyboardist got a photo of the flyer texted to him by bassist Dave Strawn — who told him that, after seeing those, the rest of the band decided to no longer perform with Greep. They all flew home the next day.

Addressing the alleged incident on stage — two hours late and without his bandmates — in Vancouver, Greep apologized to concertgoers and offered refunds, but denied the rape allegations.

“So essentially, what happened last night: me and some of the band went out to some bars, we went out, we met people, and it ended up in a situation where, really late at a house party, I got the wrong end of the stick with someone that was there,” he said. “I made a move, and it didn’t come off. I really quickly, of course, apologized. It was a complete misunderstanding on my part, and I felt extremely bad, and I feel extremely sorry, and extremely upset about the whole situation. I would never rape a woman. I’m not a rapist. It’s not how that went down.”