Michael Franti, best known for being the lead vocalist Michael Franti & Spearhead released a statement denying allegations of abuse and grooming concerning female aritst Victoria Canal.

In a lengthy statement posted to her Instagram account last Tuesday, Canal, 27, chronicled her experiences, preceded by a trigger warning for sexual abuse and grooming while not specifically naming Franti.

Canal later received messages from supporters with their own allegations of inappropriate behavior against the same man and reposted some. She alleged that at the age of 19, she was “groomed, manipulated, and isolated.” She wrote that the individual was a “very powerful, decades-older man [who] plucked me out of the internet, and college, and invited me on my first professional opportunity.”

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