“ stated has not extorted him in any way, so he believes he is not the originator(s) of the social media posts making the allegations,” the report says. “She was remorseful and agreed to send out a social media statement on her Instagram account that she had been a willing consenting adult during their mutual virtual sexual encounter.” Ellefson then posted her statement and one of his own on May 10th, asserting that the allegations of grooming were false. “ admitted that she had shared the video with some friends but wasn’t sure how it got leaked out to others,” the report says. (A rep for the band did not immediately reply to a request for comment.) “Management advised him they would have their lawyer team investigate it.” But the allegations soon turned viral and within two hours, the Instagram user posted video of Ellefson masturbating alone. “He was advised by management to ‘not do anything and sit tight’ because it would probably ‘blow over,'” the report says. In the report, Ellefson claimed he told the band’s management the person who leaked the video had called him “a pedophile,” and they responded that he had previously harassed other band members. Ellefson that she had recorded two to three videos of him masturbating without his consent or knowledge.” “The last online sexual encounter was around February 2021. “He stated they had about four to five masturbating encounters,” the report said. He stated there has never been any sexual physical contact between the two.”Īfter his second rendezvous with the woman, he continued chatting with her over social media, and their interactions turned sexual in “July or August” when they each started to masturbate in front of each other using Facebook Messenger. He stated there was no physical contact and they just had a conversation. “The second time they met in person was in the Netherlands at a hotel lobby to have coffee and a soda. “They struck up a friendship and continued chatting through social media,” the report says. The bassist told police that he first met the woman when he was signing autographs at the merchandise table of a 2019 gig in Holland. “While we do not know every detail of what occurred, with an already strained relationship, what has already been revealed now is enough to make working together impossible moving forward,” frontman Dave Mustaine said in a statement. Ultimately, Megadeth fired Ellefson in late May.