It's over between Megadeth and her co-founder David Ellefson.
Pinned on social media for sharing sexual content with a minor, the 56-year-old bassist was dismissed from the training led by Dave Mustain.
"
Although we do not know all the details of what happened, with an already strained relationship, what has already been revealed now is enough to make any collaboration in the future impossible
," said the singer of the group. on Twitter in a message to his fans, assuring not to have taken "
this decision lightly
".
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Screenshots of sexual exchanges, including messages and videos, between David Ellefson and an allegedly underage young woman leaked on social media two weeks ago. The bassist subsequently admitted the facts, while assuring that his interlocutor was of age.
The young girl would have come to support this version on Instagram. "
Everything was agreed, I am not a victim and I have not been manipulated in the least, because it is I who initiated them (the conversations, Editor's note)
", we can read in the post of the one who calls herself "
the girl people are talking about on David Ellefson's post
." She also assures that she was an adult during their discussions and that she is at the origin, "
with a friend
", of the leaks on social networks. "
I don't know how we got there, but a lot of information is being overlooked by people who are deliberately trying to harm him
," she said, adding to the confusion.
Married for 27 years to Julie Ellefson, the musician is the father of two children, aged 25 and 22 respectively. Besides his quality of basist in Megadeth, he founded in 2015 his own EPM label. He also co-wrote Rock Star Hitman, a science fiction novel released in late 2020. His relationship with Dave Mustain had been strained for years. Discarded from a first reformation in 2004 - the musicians had separated in 2002 - David Ellefson finally joined the formation in 2010.
