accuser sued Sane

In November 2023, the original accuser from the July podcast episode sued Sane for sexual assault under the New York Adult Survivors Act . In an amendment to her initial complaint in March 2024, the accuser questioned the rest of the band members’ insistence that they were unaware of Sane’s actions, accusing Thetic, Head, and Barker of being “aware of [Sane]’s practice of sexually assaulting young women and girls,” and claiming that the band’s self-owned distribution company , Hardwork Distribution, “aided and abetted such behavior.” The accuser also stated that “the band was approached about [Sane]’s predatory behavior at least 25 years ago and did nothing to stop him. They chose their business prospects over the welfare of their fans. For decades, these men financially and socially benefited from [Sane]’s predation while pretending not to see it.” The accuser also claimed the band unsuccessfully attempted to “coax [her] forgiveness through a restorative justice process”. At least three of the girls and women who spoke to Rolling Stone for the September 2023 exposé also claimed that Thetic, Head, and Barker were present when Sane brought teenage girls and young women backstage and on the band’s tour bus. In March 2024, the accuser’s legal team stated that they believed Sane had approximately 60 victims and that one witness who came forward and had their testimony included in the accuser’s lawsuit claimed that at a 2002 album release party in Pittsburgh, they witnessed “the members of Anti-Flag [mingling] outside the venue with clearly underage girls” who appeared “to be between 14 and 15 years old,” and that Sane and other band members were “hugging and inappropriately kissing them.”