COUNTERPARTS: Ex-Drummer wohl wegen „häuslicher Gewalt“ gefeuert

Erst kürzlich berichteten wir über den überraschenden Ausstieg von COUNTERPARTS-Drummer Kelly Bilan, der mittlerweile übergangsweise von Kyle Brownlee übersetzt wurde. Details zum Weggang gab es dabei nicht.

Nun wurde aber anscheinend Licht ins Dunkel gebracht. Einem Bericht der Kollegen von Lambgoat zufolge habe sich Bilans Ex-Freundin mittlerweile negativ zu ihm geäußert und dabei ganz am Ende noch angemerkt, dass der Schlagzeuger auf Drängen der Band gefeuert wurde.

Kelly Bilan habe ihr gegenüber demnach „häusliche Gewalt“ angewendet und sie nach und nach von Freunden, Familie und ihrer beruflichen Karriere mit kontinuierlichen Manipulationen isoliert. Es sei hier sogar soweit gekommen, dass er sie solange gewürgt habe, bis sie kaum noch atmen konnte.

Bilans Ex-Freundin hat laut eigener Aussage Anklage gegen ihn erhoben und bedankt sich am Ende bei COUNTERPARTS-Frontmann Brendan Murphy und dem Rest der Band dafür, dass sie sich klar gegen häusliche Gewalt positioniert hätten. Dies legt den Verdacht nahe, dass dies auch der Grund für den raschen Abgang von Kelly Bilan war. Anbei das komplette Statement:

„I’d like everyone to be made aware of why my relationship with Kelly Bilan ended. Although realistically it should have ended a year ago, like most victims of abuse I romanticized my abuser. This isn’t a cry for attention, but rather a warning to other innocent women, and a demonstration of solidarity for victims of domestic abuse. I believed he would get better and that he loved me and didn’t want to hurt me. Over the course of our relationship he belittled my friends, my family, my career, me. He constantly had something to say about my clothing making me self conscious and trying to convince me that every man was just trying to sleep with me. Drove away all my male friends by insisting they never cared for me, that they only wanted to sleep with me. He made me feel inferior to him. He would cheat on me constantly, sneaking around so much that no one even knew he was doing this, and would emotionally abuse me calling me every awful name when he was mad at me. Would push me, barricade me in our home when I would try to leave, lunge at me as if he was going to assault me. But still always gaslighting me and manipulating me into thinking it was all my fault. The last time I saw Kelly Bilan will be the last time I ever see him. I pressed charges on him for assault after a disagreement struck a nerve and he pushed me face down then proceeded to choke me so hard I couldn’t breathe, leaving me with marks along my neck.

„I have been very thankful for the support I’ve received from my friends and family and for everyone who’s stepped up and shown what amazing friends they are. I want to thank Brendan and the rest of Counterparts for being such advocates against domestic violence, they were just as surprised by this behaviour as I was. I’m thankful to have met and be able to call Counterparts my friends, and will continue to support them wholeheartedly.“