New Pornographers fire drummer on Child Pornography allegations

Joe Seiders, the drummer of New Pornographers, has been arrested for possession of child pornography on April 9. He was arrested by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (California) and remains in jail with his bail set at $1 million. According to the news release and online records, on April 7, police officers were alerted to “a suspicious circumstance” at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Palm Desert, California. An 11-year-old boy told the officers that “an unknown male adult recorded him on a cell phone while he was using the restroom at the location.” On April 9, police were called to the same Chick-Fil-A, where an employee said that “a male was entering and exiting the restroom with juvenile males at the business.” That man was identified as Seiders who was then arrested. Following Se...

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