The Sum 41 singer claims he was sexually abused as a teenager by Sault musician Greig Nori

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Deryck Whibley, the lead singer of Sum 41, claims in his newly released book that he was forced into a sexual relationship as a teenager by the group’s then-manager Greig Nori, the well-known Sault musician and co-founder of the popular band Triple Charger.

Whibley was 16 when he met the Treble Charger frontman in the mid-90s. Nori was in her early 30s.

“For a long time I didn’t think I would ever talk about this topic,” Whibley said The Toronto Starin an article published online Monday evening. “It was a deep, dark secret that I would take to the grave.”

But in his new book – Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell – Whibley reveals for the first time what he thinks happened between him and Nori when Sum 41 was still an up-and-coming band from Ajax, Ontario.

When they first met, Nori was a mentor, giving them advice, equipment and contacts in the industry. “He became like an older brother and even a father figure to me,” Whibley wrote in the book The star. “[He] seemed cool, generous and kind… I was young, impressionable and in complete awe of Greig.”

He eventually became the band’s manager – on one condition, Whibley said. “He wanted total control,” the book says. “He promised to protect us. We were so young and hungry that we believed him.”

It wasn’t long, Whibley wrote, that things took a dark turn. The two were in New York, where he said they used ecstasy at a warehouse party.

“We were crammed into a disgusting bathroom stall and I was talking nonstop when he reached out, grabbed my face and kissed me passionately on the mouth,” Whibley wrote. “I was very confused. Was that okay? Was I upset? Did I like it? Was he gay? Was he just high and crazy? So many thoughts came to me so quickly that I couldn’t understand them.”

The star reports that Whibley kept the encounter a secret from his bandmates, but Nori persuaded him to continue the physical aspect of the relationship.

“When I was high it seemed like a cool experiment, but when I was sober it felt wrong,” he wrote in the book. “Greig was always pushing for something to happen when we were together. I felt like I was being pressured into doing something against my will. It was a strange feeling because for the most part I completely trusted Greig and still thought he was a great person, which made everything so confusing.”

SoToday asked Nori for comment but has not yet received a response. Reachable by phone on Monday evening The globe and the mailNori told the newspaper he had not seen the book or heard the allegations until details were published online by numerous media outlets.

“These are false allegations,” he said. He told it too The globe he hired a defamation lawyer.

Nori was never criminally charged in connection with the allegations Whibley lays out in his book. SoToday has no way of independently verifying the allegations.

The star Whibley asked if he was worried about potential litigation.

“You can’t complain [someone] because you told the truth,” he replied. “If he wants to challenge it, I welcome it. Let’s go to court. Let’s go under oath. That would be incredibly great! I welcome this part. Let’s get to the discovery. I’ll let my lawyers trick you. You can grill me all you want. I mean, that would be absolutely perfect! Let’s finally put it on record!”

Nori is currently the recording studio manager and sound engineer at The Loft.