The manager of Five Finger Death Punch, Allen Kovac, has released a public statement about the recent domestic abuse accusations against singer Ivan Moody.
Over the past week, the metal outfit's vocalist has had some very damaging allegations come to his name from U.S. media outlet, TMZ (perhaps that tells you all you need to know).
Firstly, that Moody was arrested following an assault on his wife, and that his sister had a restraining order against him, and that his mother and niece would also be following with their own restraining orders. In light of these recent events, Kovac has recently issued this statement regarding these accusations are false, which you can read in full below.
"Holly Smith has made claims of domestic violence that were dismissed on July 14th, 2015. She has also claimed that she was married to Ivan Moody, which Ivan denies. A search of county clerk records in the location she claims to have gotten married showed no marriage certificate. Ms. Smith has also made statements alleging that Moody is the father of her child which has also been shown to be untrue.
We look forward to proving that there are no grounds for divorce in this case and that Ms Smith is not a credible source of information. Nobody in FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH condones domestic violence or abuse of any kind. The media attention is rife with false allegations and we hope that the media will start to follow the facts so that Ivan can move on.
Given the shameless attempt to become a media star with these false allegations, I think FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH can take this 15 minutes of fame and use the situation to promote their 6th album (GOT YOUR SIX, due out 9/4) and US tour (with Papa Roach, also starting on 9/4) as well. Early projections show the album looks to debut at #1 – we want to thank Ms Smith and TMZ for all their help!"
Furthermore and even more interesting, one of the band's guitarists, Zoltan Bathory, tweeted that Moody in fact, does not have a wife.
"don't know which 1 is more offensive insinuating that Ivan knows JiuJitsu or that he has a wife! none of those R true GottaLoveTheInternet"
Ah, the plot thickens.
