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All Time Low Drops Libel Lawsuit But Says Probe Found ‘Smear Campaign’

All Time Low and lead guitarist Jack Barakat say probe of abuse allegations found Doe accuser was actually multiple people waging 'smear campaign'

Jack Barakat and his band All Time Low say their investigation of anonymous allegations they engaged in sexual misconduct has proven the claims were “false and damaging online rumors.” Now they’re requesting dismissal of the defamation and libel lawsuit they filed two years ago. The allegations against All Time Low started to go viral in 2021 after Doe 1, a TikTok user, posted a cryptic message under the name @mini.grew that claimed “a famous pop punk band” offered her beer on a tour bus and asked for her bra “for their nasty collection” when she was 13. The other three founding members of All Time Low – singer and guitarist Alex Gaskarth, bass player Zack Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson – were listed as co-plaintiffs with Barakat in the lawsuit.

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