Julian Koster Accused Of Grooming And Sexual Assault By Elephant 6 Musician Nesey Gallons
In a post on Instagram, Gallons writes that in 2000, when she was 15, she began a phone and email correspondence with Koster in which he told her she was his soulmate.
According to Gallons, Koster invited her to visit him in New York, and when she was 16 in April 2001, the relationship became sexual.
“This, by all common definitions, constitutes ‘grooming,’” she writes.
“Many among our community knew.” She further alleges that Koster sexually assaulted her twice in 2005.
In his own statement on Instagram, Koster confirms the relationship transpired but denies Gallons’ other allegations, writing that Gallons and her spouse have been trying to coerce him into entering into a romantic relationship with them.
“I have been the victim of intimidation, manipulation, and abuse by Nesey Gallons for many years,” he writes.
Anna “Nesey” Gallons, a member of the Elephant 6 collective who has performed as a solo artist and with bands such as Circulatory System and the Music Tapes, has accused Julian Koster, a member of Neutral Milk Hotel and leader of bands including the Music Tapes and Orbiting Human Circus, of grooming and sexual assault.
“Others close to him (actual adults, unlike myself, as I was still 16!) could have also acted on this information then.
Why didn’t you, Jeff?” In a follow-up comment on that post, she adds, “I will say that I have a lot of really loving and supportive folks, like the Harts, in the E6 camp.
It was an open secret among many while others didn’t really know or weren’t sure what was happening. When things first transpired there was only one person who explicitly asked what was going on and received a direct and truthful answer back in April 2001, and that was Jeff.”
