Woman claims Sigur Rós drummer Orri Páll Dýrason raped her while she was alseep

Sigur Rós' longtime drummer Orri Páll Dýrason has quit the band after he was accused of allegedly raping artist Meagan Boyd while she was asleep in LA in 2013
UPDATED OCT 1, 2018

Orri Páll Dýrason, the drummer of Icelandic avant-rock band Sigur Rós, has resigned from the band following allegations of sexual assault and rape. “In the wake of the extremely serious and personal allegations made against him in recent days we have today accepted the resignation of our bandmate Orri Páll Dyrason to allow him to deal with this privately,” Sigur Rós said in a statement on Monday.

The allegations come from artist Meagan Boyd, who works under the name Yin Shadowz, via an Instagram post in which she alleged that Dýrason raped her while she was asleep back in 2013. 

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