Tyler Carter Dropped by Issues Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

Issues announced that they fired lead singer Tyler Carter, 28, amid sexual assault allegations on September 1. The band shared the news via their official Twitter account with a brief message co-signed by the group’s other three members: Josh Manuel, Skyler Accord, and AJ Rebollo.

The Atlanta-based band wrote, “Recently we have become aware of the allegations against Tyler Carter, of grooming and sexual misconduct. We, Josh, Sky, and AJ, will no longer be working with Tyler. We believe survivors.”

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— ISSUES (@issues) September 2, 2020

This news came as shock for many of the band’s fans as Carter helped found Issues in 2012, and were unaware of the allegations against the singer. The band’s announcement comes one day after a user online named “daddy dookie” with the handle @dookietrance posted a personal story on Twitter alleging that he was sexually assaulted by Carter.

The man tweeted, “Damn. Happy 10 year anniversary to number[s] that was a crazy time in my life cause I made so many friends, became dookie, and got sexually assaulted by @officialtc while I was passed out drunk and 14 years old… quite a few times from what he told me.

“That doesn’t even include all the grooming and constantly asking me for nudes for the entirety of our ‘friendship while I was very underage,’ he continued. The handle @dookietrance has since made their Twitter profile private.

Carter has yet to publicly comment on these allegations.

Fans Had Mixed Reactions to Issues Dropping Carter

While many fans expressed their devastation that their favorite band’s singer was accused of being a pedophile, others wanted to either hear an official statement from Carter or see more evidence of the sexual assault claims in question.

One person tweeted in response to Issues’ statement, “Literally all I could find for proof was one guy making a thread on his account, with 0 images of proof. Just words. and someone else replying to the main tweet not going in to detail. Dick move on [their] part for even jumping to this conclusion, with 0 evidence but some text.”

In the same thread, another fan tweeted, “Will there be any further statements on the matter or anything from @officialtc himself? This is so devastating to find out. I admired Tyler Carter and Issues as a whole so much and I’m just f***ing heartbroken.”

Other users online took the band’s swift action to fire Carter as enough proof. One fan shared support by tweeting, “Never expected him to [do] these kinds of things and I’m shocked wtf. Nevertheless, I respect the decision, thank you for believing survivors. godspeed to you three.”

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