Abuser in music scene
This is difficult to talk about, but I’m a fan who has recently experience coercive control, financial manipulation and other non-consensual stuff I won’t get into. It all started with a work offer, and what I thought was attraction. It quickly turned to suspicious love bombing to straight cruelty once I was isolated. The perpetrator was a popular dj, and idk how many details I can offer without endangering myself/giving myself away. I think they wanted to escalate the relationship very quickly, and when I wanted to take things slower, they began weird, sadistic behavior. They’d say cruel things, take my money, not answer me when I spoke, take me to random scary spots (such as the edge of a cliff at one point), hurt me “accidentally”, drive like a crazy person and make subtle threats disguised as jokes (once they held up a weapon at me while we were just chilling with no segue or warning whatsoever). It all happened so fast. You have to understand that it all started out totally normal and even loving, and then switched to sketchy so quickly, I half doubted what was happening. The places I went with him, I didn’t speak any of the language, so it was difficult and expensive to simply up and leave. I got away and I’m mentally/emotionally recovering. The more I come to my senses, the more I see how serious this person’s behavior was toward me. Not only did I lose a “relationship”, but also money, peace of mind and physical safety from someone with a great reputation as a genius talent, artist and philanthropist. I guess I just need to hear that I’m not alone in this experience and somehow warn people that stuff like this happens.