Tool‘s iconic leader, Maynard James Keenan, was Revolver’s last interview and cover guest and responded to the rape accusations he faced last year.
Last year, two different Twitter users claimed that Tool and the leader of Puscifer tried to violate them.
Here are his statements below.
Iwas17HeWas36 wrote this:
“Deep breath. I have to anonymously tell this story because I tried to tell it from my real account and couldn’t name him directly out of fear, so I deleted the tweets. Here goes: I was 17 and he was 36. 1/”
Another user Dingledoddies wrote this:
“A Perfect Circle tour November 6, 2003, Tampa, FL. Maynard James Keenan and Twiggy Ramirez invited me back to the hotel, A high-rise in downtown Tampa, booked under another name which I had to use to get upstairs. Maynard tried to rape me.”
When Maynard asked to comment on the situation, he simply refused to answer the question and said that:
“I have already said all that I have to say on the issue.”
A Perfect Circle tour November 6, 2003, Tampa, FL.
Maynard James Keenan and Twiggy Ramirez invited me back to the hotel, A high-rise in downtown Tampa, booked under another name which I had to use to get upstairs. Maynard tried to rape me.
— Dingledoddies@gmail.com (@Dingledoddiesg1) June 26, 2018
source: https://www.alternativenation.net/maynard-james-keenan-breaks-silence-rape-accusation/