Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged physical and emotional abuse that some people may find disturbing.

In early May, multiple women came forward on social media, accusing BROCKHAMPTON’s Ameer Vann of sexual misconduct. In response, Vann posted a statement saying he’d “never criminally harmed anyone or disrespected their boundaries” and “never had relations with a minor or violated anybody’s consent.” A few weeks later, BROCKHAMPTON issued a statement announcing that Vann was no longer in the group. “We want to sincerely apologize to the victims affected by Ameer’s actions,” the statement read. “We were lied to, and we’re sorry for not speaking up sooner.” Now, two women have shared statements with Pitchfork detailing their allegations that Vann physically and emotionally abused them.

Vann did not respond to repeated requests for comment on this story. Spokespeople for Brockhampton declined to comment. RCA Records, Brockhampton’s label, also did not respond to requests for comment.

None of these women went to police or other authorities, and Vann has not been charged with any crimes relating to the allegations.

Shawna Berry, a 24-year-old Texas woman who has not before come forward publicly, told Pitchfork that she and Vann engaged in a brief sexual relationship that lasted a few nights in January 2015. She said she consented to intercourse, but not to the physical abuse that she claims accompanied it. Berry told Pitchfork that Vann bit and choked her, leaving painful bruises and even causing her to briefly lose consciousness on one occasion.

Whenever Berry protested any of Vann’s alleged actions, she said, he would “punish” her by restraining her arms and legs and aggressively spanking her. “If I told him I didn’t like something, it only made him want to do it more,” Berry wrote in an email. “I had no idea what was to be expected, and once it started I had no way to end it.” She said she initially viewed Vann’s behavior as a form of BDSM, but ended their sexual relationship when she realized that “my body could not handle what Ameer was putting me through.”

Asked why she went back after the first night, Berry told Pitchfork it was because she was “in a manic episode” where she would seek out “reckless” or “dangerous” activities, and that she also hadn’t yet fully understood the gravity of what allegedly took place.

Berry’s roommate in early 2015, Kayla, who asked to be called by only her first name, said Berry told her at the time about the alleged abuse described above. “Shawna had been more knowledgeable about sex than I was, and she told me that this was BDSM, and that master-and-slave style was his kink,” Kayla wrote in an email. “I was unsure because it sounded wrong, but it was her sex life, not mine… Nobody sits you down as a teenager and tells you how a BDSM type of sexual relationship is supposed to be.” (Kayla was 19 at the time, Berry was 20, and Vann was 18.)

Titus Gilner, a former BROCKHAMPTON member, told Pitchfork that Kayla, whom he was dating at the time in question, told him about Berry’s claims of Vann’s physical abuse soon after it allegedly occurred. He declined to comment further but pointed toward his tweets, made when the allegations against Vann first surfaced. “I know I should probably lay low on this. But I just can’t,” he wrote in one. “I stand with Rhett and anyone else that needs support and love.” In another, he wrote: “Don’t support me, support these people that have been hurt! This is not about me. I am just making it known that I am willing to stand up if someone needs it.”