Suicide Silence/All Shall Perish frontman Hernan “Eddie” Hermida is among the latest artists to face allegations of sexual misconduct. A woman named Verena Celis has publicly accused the singer of maintaining an emotionally abusive sexual online relationship with her while she was 17 and he was 32. Some of the tweets she shared in her public accusation can be found below:
I don’t have tons of evidence since this person didn’t want me to save anything on snapchat because he was afraid of going to jail and 99% of our convos were through snapchat but I have a few screenshots from when I was 16 and this all started
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
when it allllll began pic.twitter.com/QyM3t5RKNs
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
I am NOT saying it wasn’t consensual but I was totally against sending nudes but he manipulated me in doing so. I was 17.
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
He MADE me fall for him, made me do everything he wanted from me
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
This was the darkest time of my life. He manipulated me so hard and treated me so poorly I came to the point of committing suicide. And I tried. And then he was playing the victim
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
I wrote down my feelings and sent it to his old snapchat he didn’t use it anymore but little did I know he read it and banned me from going to their shows
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
this is what I sent him on the night I tried to kill myself. I swallowed an entire bottle of xanax and painkillers but it didn’t do the job pic.twitter.com/TRsThSMe8T
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
I loved him so much, I truly did. He was there for me when I needed someone but he isn’t mentally ok. He treated me so good 10% of the time and made me wanna die the other 90%
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
One day he just assumed I was 18 and started sending nudes and tried to convince me I needed to, too. So I did. I NEVER did before.
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
He said he didn’t want to be my first, so he manipulated me into having sex with other randoms so I wouldn’t be a “virgin” anymore when he was here for tour
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
I lost my virginity to the first guy that wanted to have sex with me JUST so I wouldn’t lose my virginity to eddie.
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
He only saw me as a sex toy and some free promotion. I did EVERYTHING for that band. I got SO many new people into them. I had my poorly drawn SS account all over big metal magazines
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 13, 2017
Long story short: Eddie Hermida is a manipulative cunt who has not only destroyed my life and self worth but also other girls. He tricked us into believing we were obsessive and crazy and didn’t mean shit to him. So much love for my girls who are speaking up
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 14, 2017
The conversation I’m having with the girl who was also manipulated by that jackass is making me ALIVE. She is proof that I’m not crazy
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 14, 2017
Though she deleted her original statement after a negative backlash, she later posted it online again and it can be read below. In it she alleges that Hermida initiated the sending of nude photographs to each other while she was 17 and he was 32. She alleges that Hermida had thought she had turned 18 at the time.
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 15, 2017
— verena (@thyartismxrder) November 15, 2017
She also went on to provide various logs of her interactions with Hermida on her Twitter. Furthermore, she claims that other females have reached out to her citing similar behavior by Hermida.
It is unclear precisely as to where the woman was residing during the time of her interactions, though it would appear she was in Belgium. If so that would legally put her over the age of consent, which is 16 in Belgium.
Hermida does not yet appear to have publicly responded to the allegation.
[via Lambgoat]
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