The Los Angeles-based death metal band Skeletal Remains have landed themselves in some hot water after reports surfaced from both 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise staff and the cruise’s patrons that the frontman and guitarist, Chris Monroy, was intoxicated and sexually assaulted numerous women while on board.
The original reports surfaced in the 70,000 Tons Of Metal 2027 unofficial Facebook group in which an anonymous user and another woman posted about their experiences. These details were then shared to Reddit, where others shared their own encounters with Monroy.
The anonymous user on Facebook said that: “I’d like to give a big sarcastic shout out to the guitar player of Skeletal Remains for being a total drunk piece of shit who was groping women on the boat. Learn some consent before we ass fuck you next time you come around. Fuck you and your band.” This post is not available to view as the Facebook group is private, however in the details shared to Reddit, the original poster included a screenshot of the original post.
The Reddit user then links a public Facebook post from a woman on board, with a photo saying, “You are cordially invited to fight me,” and the caption reading, “Oh and BTW fuck Chris Monroy. He’s a fucking predator and a wasted piece of shit. First hand account. Stop listening to Skeletal Remains period.”
A Reddit user in the Facebook group claims that other women were commenting on the above posts, confirming the reports with incidents of their own, before another Reddit user comments with their own experience while on board as a staff member of 70,000 Tons Of Metal.
“Posting here bc privacy versus other social media outlets. I was the one who reported him on the ship. He would not leave me alone after I got off of my volunteer shift and went to the casino bar with one of my best friends. Chris continued to approach me and grab me by the waist on my bare skin. I told him to fuck off multiple times. He would then continue to walk by me and grab me as he was walking by several times.
“I then sat at the bar with my friend, and he grabbed my cigarette out of my hand and my drink, and began to smoke my cigarette and drink my drink and grab me by the waist at the same time. I was telling him to fuck off extremely loud and he simply would not get the point. People sitting next to us started to notice and asked if we needed security and I said yes I told the bartender also to call security and they never showed up. I then decided to take action the next day and reported it to the higher ups of 70 K because I knew action needed to be taken.
“It is really upsetting to then hear that his behavior was happening in other instances on the ship and in previous events. Why no one has come forward before me? I’m not sure but there’s tons of video footage of what happened that entire ship has cameras everywhere. As per the security/police team and the information that they told me when they were reviewing my statement, not to mention, that ship also has 75% audio accompanying that footage so if anyone questions this decision made by 70000Tons Of Metal and their decision believe me that it’s official.”
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Skeletal Remains has yet to comment on the situation and currently has their Instagram notifications turned off at the time of writing (15th February).
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