Bassnectar accused of sexual abuse of underage girls; DJ denies claims
USA TODAY DJ and EDM star Bassnectar, who frequented the U.S.'s top music festivals before stepping back from his career last summer, has been accused in a new lawsuit of sexually abusing underage girls. Two women, in a lawsuit filed Monday and obtained by USA TODAY, allege that 43-year-old Bassnectar, whose legal name is Lorin Ashton, used his platform as a famous musician to "groom and ultimately sexually victimize underage girls," solicit their nude photos and subject them to sex trafficking while he was in his mid-30s. "These outrageous claims – which were clearly designed for the medi...