Notice: This text incorporates descriptions of alleged sexual misconduct that will disturb some readers.
A Lemonheads’ fan says singer Evan Dando despatched her a collection of unsolicited, sexually specific movies by way of X. After the story was damaged on Tony Ortega’s The Underground Bunker—a weblog that usually focuses on exposing Scientologists—a consultant for Dando issued the next assertion: “Evan Dando has lengthy struggled with psychological well being points courting again to his childhood. He’s been admitted to a neighborhood hospital the place he’s receiving complete assist from skilled medical doctors and psychological well being professionals.”
A lady pseudonymously recognized as Daybreak instructed Ortega that she used to tweet “backwards and forwards” with Dando, often about artwork. Final October, when the Lemonheads launched Love Chant, Daybreak says she despatched Dando a congratulatory message. He didn’t reply till February 4, based on a screenshot of the messages on the weblog, which Pitchfork is unable to independently confirm. The notice reads, “Cool I’m sorry I’m an exhibitionist.”
Daybreak’s response is proven within the picture: “Don’t ever apologize for being you, my buddy. At all times be unapologetic. And also you.”
The next morning, Daybreak says she awoke to a number of extra messages from Dando, together with a request to ship “an artwork photograph.” Daybreak says this was adopted by a video: “It’s him sitting in a basement or one thing, and he’s absolutely masturbating. You may see his penis, and his face. It’s positively him. He’s filming it from a bizarre angle.” A day after opening the primary video, Daybreak obtained a brand new one, additionally of Dando masturbating. Dando then despatched a message stating, “Okay sorry thanks I simply want an outlet Cheers.”
“I’ve by no means felt anger like that,” Daybreak instructed Ortega. “Don’t name me an outlet, that’s gross.”
Dando beforehand wrote about his historical past of drug dependancy and psychological sickness in his 2025 memoir Rumors of My Demise.
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