Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley accuses Treble Charger’s Greig Nori of abusive sexual relationship │ Exclamation!

Deryck Whibley has claimed that Treble Charger singer Greig Nori – Sum 41’s former manager – sexually and verbally abused him.

Whibley writes about the relationship in his new memoir: Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hellwill be released tomorrow (October 8th). They met when Whibley was 16 and Nori was 33 or 34, and Nori became manager of Sum 41.

Whibley writes. “Greig had a requirement for being our manager – he wanted total control.” The relationship became sexual when Whibley was 18 [via the Los Angeles Times] and took ecstasy at a warehouse party with Nori.

“We were crammed into a disgusting bathroom stall and I was talking nonstop when he reached over, grabbed my face and kissed me passionately on the mouth,” Whibley writes. “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 relationship continued after that encounter and Whibley claims he tried to put an end to their sexual encounters [via the Toronto Star]but Nori got angry and accused him of being homophobic and said that Whibley owed him one.

He writes: “Greig kept pushing for something to happen when we were together. I felt like I was being pressured into doing something against my will.” Years later, when Whibley told his then-wife Avril Lavigne about the encounter, he wrote that she told him, “This is abuse! He sexually abused you.”

Whibley writes that the encounters stopped after a mutual friend found out about the relationship and said it was abusive. According to Whibley, the alleged verbal abuse continued, with Nori apparently discouraging Sum 41 members from contacting their own parents. The band eventually fired Nori in 2005.

Whibley writes that Nori led Whibley to ghostwrite songs for Treble Charger and other bands; Whibley reportedly received a share of Nori’s ghostwriting copyrights in 2018 as part of an out-of-court settlement.

Whibley told this Toronto Star that Nori hasn’t read the book yet. “You can’t sue [someone] for telling the truth,” he said of his decision to come forward. “If he wants to challenge it, I welcome that.” Let’s go to court. Let’s go under oath. That would be fucking awesome! 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 damn perfect! Let’s finally put it on record!”

Nori did not respond to requests for comment from either Los Angeles Times or the Toronto Star.