Knocked Free drummer Kevin Kaine responded to allegations made by an nameless and now-deleted account on Reddit from somebody claiming to have had a sexual encounter with Kaine and contracted a number of STIs. Right here’s the unique put up that appeared on Reddit:
“Warning for different ladies
I don’t know what’s happening with Reddit or why my account isn’t exhibiting up I didn’t delete it’s simply bugging out by some means. So to begin, I’m not trying to fire up drama or instigate something or spoil Knocked Free’s picture. I simply wish to warn different ladies, I dont wish to interact or argue with anybody about what I do know occurred to me, and I’m utilizing this outlet to maintain myself nameless. Once more, I’ve no concern with the remainder of KL and was a giant fan earlier than however I really feel sick figuring out this might occur to another person.
I’ll attempt to preserve this quick as I’m simply not comfy going into all the main points. Principally, in 2021 I matched with Kevin Kaine on one of many courting apps, at first I believed possibly it was a pretend account however we matched and met up. I had been a fan of KL for years and been to multiples reveals/festivals and seen them. And I used to be involved in him on the time so we matched and talked for a bit and he bought me visitor listed right into a present. I assume that they had a time without work after performing in order that they stayed at a resort. Once we met up I used to be actually nervous, I’m not going to lie, he bought us drinks and I drank far more than I can deal with. He was pleasant and all the pieces was okay till we went again to the resort. There we saved consuming and whereas he didn’t power me I felt like i wanted to maintain up, not saying thats his fault it was simply the scenario. We had intercourse and I consented at first however he bought too tough for me and I saved tapping him and making an attempt to get him to cease when he had his palms round my neck, I felt like i misplaced consciouness and issues had been very out and in for me after that and I keep in mind him ending. I bought sick and threw up within the resort room, I gathered my stuff and referred to as my mother to get me from the resort. The intercourse was unprotected and I had not been with anybody else for most likely 2 months earlier than this and some days later I used to be very uncomfortable, I had bleeding pus stuffed sores on my decrease half, I went to a clinic and he gave me HSV2 and chlamydia. I’ve by no means had an STD earlier than and was in a relationship with somebody for over a yr previous to this. I used to be in a lot ache for weeks and it bought worse and worse. The one means we talked was by the courting app and I felt like shit and knew it wouldn’t matter if I reached out,I doubt he’d see it, I’m positive at greatest he’d simply deny having given me something.”
Okay, in order that seems like a sexual expertise of questionable consent from the outline, however to be clear, the poster stated, afterward within the Reddit thread, that they had been not accusing Kaine of sexual assault however relatively had been largely upset that he didn’t disclose his STI standing. Nevertheless, HSV is sophisticated. The CDC does say that individuals who know they’ve genital herpes ought to disclose it to their intercourse companions, but it surely additionally says that most individuals who’ve HSV have few or no signs and “most individuals have no idea they’ve a herpes an infection.”
However Kaine was not going to let this stand. He not solely denied the allegations, he gave proof. The truth is, he gave a stunning quantity of proof. He went as far as to go on Twitter and put up precise lab outcomes proving that he doesn’t have any STIs. Right here’s what he needed to say:
“Hello, it’s been dropped at my consideration {that a} story about me is floating round Reddit and Twitter. I wish to set issues straight as this isn’t an expertise that I had. An nameless individual claimed that we met at a present in 2021 and we subsequently had intercourse in a resort room and so they left pregnant and having contracted STDs.
“The primary present we performed in 2021 was in August. I used to be in a dedicated relationship beginning in Could of that yr. I’ve by no means been untrue to her. There have been no sexual companions apart from her.
“This nameless individual additionally claimed that they spoke to my girlfriend on the time to let her know that she was cheated on. Coincidentally, my ex and I are very shut, simply spent the final two days collectively in Nashville. Nobody reached out and had a dialog with my ex girlfriend. That was confirmed by her.
“To wrap this up, I even have my private medical outcomes from a normal checkup I had courting April of 2024. I wouldn’t have any sexually transmitted ailments. Im posting right here for readability.
“I completely hate that this has gotten to the purpose the place I’ve to share my private medical data with strangers on the web. I really feel deeply violated that an nameless individual has made up a narrative about me that l’m left to reply for. I hope this clears issues up.”
I gained’t present you the lab outcomes, nor will I present you the correspondence between Kaine and his physician that he additionally posted to Twitter, as a result of, actually, I really feel like that’s an invasion of his privateness and I don’t really feel proper about it, even when he did reluctantly make the knowledge public himself. Truthfully, I really feel soiled having gone down this entire rabbit gap. I’m going to go take a bathe.
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