David Ellefson

The news comes after Mustaine fired Ellefson from the band, after allegations that he was grooming an underaged girl online emerged.

”If this had happened in the '70s or the '80s, it would have just been put down to rock and roll,” Downing said.

”Recently, a very private video was illegally posted on the internet and false allegations were made against me,” David Ellefson writes.

”While we do not know every detail of what occurred, with an already strained relationship, what has already been revealed is now enough to make working together impossible moving forward,” Dave Mustaine writes.

”As it relates to creativity and business, we are all familiar with one another. However, there are clearly aspects of David’s private life that he has kept to himself.”

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