{"id":877250,"date":"2026-10-10T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877250\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:18:09","slug":"vctms-drummer-meredith-henderson-gives-initial-statement-following-member-exit-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877250\/","title":{"rendered":"VCTMS&#8217; drummer Meredith Henderson gives initial statement following member exit &#038; abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Thursday, October 7th, VCTMS guitarist Mike Joseph Clampitt has announced his departure from the Illinois metalcore band, accusing drummer Meredith Henderson of abusive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement accompanying his exit, Clampitt alleged that Henderson regularly berated band members and crew, threw objects, publicly humiliated individuals, withheld payments and misused band funds. The allegations have not been independently verified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His full statement can be read <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/lambgoat.com\/news\/55263\/guitarist-mike-joseph-clampitt-exits-vctms-accuses-drummer-meredith-henderson-of-abuse\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Friday, October 8th, Henderson took to social media to share an initial statement claiming she is taking everything in before speaking publicly on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson shared:<\/p>\n<p>yes i&#8217;ve seen all that&#8217;s being said right now, i&#8217;m reflecting on everything first before jumping to speak, but whatever happens a sincere thank you to everyone that&#8217;s supported myself or the band. I love you guys dearly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also biggest thank you to everyone who&#8217;s checked in on me it&#8217;s appreciated and doesn&#8217;t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yesterday, Thursday, October 7th, VCTMS guitarist Mike Joseph Clampitt has announced his departure from the Illinois metalcore band,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,3608,3607,369018,1739,369019,216,3,206995],"class_list":["post-877250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hardcore","tag-lambgoat","tag-meredith-henderson","tag-metal","tag-mike-joseph-clampitt","tag-music","tag-news","tag-vctms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}