The Mars Volta, At The Drive In, etc. vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and his wife Chrissie have both fired back at the newly announced vocalist of Linkin Park, Emily Armstrong. Upon Armstrong being revealed as the replacement for the late Chester Bennington in Linkin Park this past Thursday, September 05th, Cedric and Chrissie both took to the internet to criticize both the band and Armstrong.
Their issues with Armstrong stem back several years now, and lie mainly with her affiliation with Scientology and her past public support and friendship with actor, and noted Scientologist, Danny Masterson. Both Cedric and Chrissie have long been vocal against Masterson, with Chrissie having come forward as one of the woman to publicly accuse Masterson of raping her in an incident alleged to have occurred back in between 2001-2003.
Since publicly accusing Masterson, Cedric and Chrissie claim to have been the victims of an intimidation campaign, which they allege was waged by Church Of Scientology against them. The couple claim that their phones and internet had been tapped, they were actively being surveilled and harassed, and that two of their pets were poisoned under mysterious circumstances.
Both Cedric and Chrissie were previously members of Scientology, with Cedric having been photographed associating with Armstrong amid that time numerous years ago. Last September saw Masterson sentenced to 30 years in prison for the rape of several women, though Chrissie‘s charge was not one of the counts he was found guilty of.
Cedric previously went after Armstrong on social media last year, commenting on the Instagram profile of her band Dead Sara:
“I’m surprised none of you wrote a letter on Danny Mastersons behalf since your corny ass singer showed up to support him in the prelims. Remember Emily? Remember how your fellow scientologist goon squad surrounded one of the Jane Doe’s when she was trying to leave the elevators? The court sheriffs had to escort her away from your awful cult. Remember when we did the purification run down Emily? Were you directed to safe point me cuz of what my wife knew? Why can’t you shut your mouth during a detox program where people are going through some rough shit but your corny ass is singing like an unsupervised child? Is it cuz you’re a born in scientologist that gets a pass? How do you reconcile the homophobia found in the teachings of LRH’s book dianetics? Do your fans know about your friend Danny Masterson? Your rapist friend.”
In light of Linkin Park publicly revealing the addition of Armstrong to their roster this past Thursday, Cedric and Chrissie both took to airing their concerns about her. The enusing controversy over the matter led to Armstrong making a statement last night disavowing her past support for Masterson. That statement read as follows:
“Hi, I’m Emily. I’m new to so many of you, and I wanted to clear the air about something that happened a while back.
Several years ago, I was asked to support someone I considered a friend at a court appearance, and went to one early hearing as an observer. Soon after, I realized I shouldn’t have. I always try to see the good in people, and I misjudged him. I have never spoken with him since. Unimaginable details emerged and he was later found guilty.
To say it as clearly as possible: I do not condone abuse or violence against women, and I empathize with the victims of these crimes.”
Tonight (September 07th) saw both Chrissie and Cedric respond to Armstrong‘s aforementioned statement, offering the following individual statements of their own.
Chrissie Carnell Bixler:
“Dear Emily,
If you’re not going to speak out against the human and child trafficking cult in which you are apart of and in which you enable by remaining silent on the crimes you know about then you have no right to fill the shoes of Chester Bennington, a true advocate. I don’t give a fuck that you are very close to the serial rapist. I don’t give a fuck that you lied in your “apology” instagram story.
I do care that you participated, after being asked, in the cruel intimidation of Jane Doe 1 with your cult pals at court. I do care that you didn’t once mention that you are a member of a child and human trafficking cult that covers up the abuses and rapes of CHILDREN and adults.
I do care that your parents work for OSA (the office of special affairs) of the cult of Scientology which have been ordering attacks on me and my family which includes murdering my dogs in the most inhumane and evil ways. I do care that they have been attacking and harassing my fellow sister survivors. You don’t speak out against Scientology not because you’re terrified of them. You don’t speak out because you are one of them. Shame on Linkin Park.
Fuck You.
Cedric Bixler Zavala:
“Emily, did you know that your friend Chris Wadhams and Danny would drive by one of the Jane Does very slowly, after a fucked up day of cross examinations, and follow her in their car, staring at her trying to intimidate her? I do. Did you know that Alana Masterson would hide in the bathrooms after one of the Jane does had a massive panic attack on the stand and proceeded to harass her in the bathroom calling her a liar? What, you didn’t hear about that? Did your parents shield you from that? Your OSA parents. Or were you cool with that?
Doesn’t your church call that the fair game policy? Weren’t you just hanging out with Nasal Queef herself, (Bijoux Phillips) just a couple of days ago? Oh wait, she’s ok now because she divorced Danny? She sure had a grand ol’ time reading my wife’s police report in a mocking post. Remember how she screamed when they took Danny away? I bath in that moment every single fucking day. Careful homegirl, that Phillips curse is contagious, just read Mackenzie Phillips book. You should also read up on that fucking dingbat bijoux’s past behavior.
That is of course if the church allows you to read about her. They do have a policy about reading anything critical of the church and its members. Your church also has a bad snitching culture where u write knowledge reports on fellow members who are not “following” the teachings of L Ron Hubbard. Just like the East German stassi imposed on its citizens. Thats your church?
Today is the one year anniversary of having put that shit bag you thought was a “good guy” in jail. You can’t even say sorry to the Jane does properly huh? Your apology is worded as if you hired some PR crisis team to help you. As for you @linkinpark …. You should fire your entire team for not thoroughly vetting your choice. You’re a Disney level brand trying to make a comeback and you didn’t think to spend a little money on looking into her? Stop playing at the drive in’s music on your pre show playlist.”
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