Earlier this week, Maynard James Keenan—the lead singer of Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer—was accused of raping a woman when she was 17 years old and giving her a sexually transmitted infection. On June 22, the Twitter user @IWas17HeWas36 recounted an alleged incident that she says occurred in 2000 when A Perfect Circle were on tour with Nine Inch Nails. Keenan was 36 years old.

Today, Keenan responded to the allegations in a tweet, writing, “Many thanks to those of you who saw right through this despicable false claim that only does damage to the #metoo movement. And shame on those of you who perpetuate this destructive clickbait. As for my delayed but un-required response, I had my phone off. You should try it.”

Pitchfork has reached out to a representative for Keenan for further comment.

@IWas17HeWas36 wrote in her initial thread that Keenan “noticed [her] in the crowd” during APC’s set and “threw a water bottle in [her] direction.” She says that, shortly after, a woman from A Perfect Circle's crew asked her, “Do you want to meet the band?” That woman allegedly led @IWas17HeWas36 to a VIP area where Keenan “was sitting on a picnic table and was staring at [her].” The user says that Keenan signed her hand for an autograph. He allegedly asked her how old she was, told her, “I can’t talk to you here. Let’s go watch a movie,” pulled her toward his tour bus, and closed the door once they were inside.

@IWas17HeWas36 states that Keenan put on a movie, rubbed her neck, and talked to her about the film before taking his pants off. “All I could do was sit there, looking at the movie, unable to move,” she recalls. She claims that Keenan forcibly penetrated her without consent and without wearing a condom. “This was about raping me as fast as he could,” she writes. As a result, she says, Keenan allegedly gave her the sexually transmitted infection HPV (Human papillomavirus). The user did not include the concert’s location, but she notes, “Statutory rape in this state is 16 and under.”

@IWas17HeWas36 states, “I kept it in for years because I knew I wasn’t going to be believed by he legion of dedicated fans.” She also alleges, “Later on, I heard from a male friend that he did this in every city, at every show. He preferred underage girls (or as close to underage as he could get). What happened to me has likely happened to a lot of underage girls by this same man.”