By outdoor-nature-child.com In a recent interview, Deryck Whibley, the frontman and songwriter for the platinum-selling Canadian punk-pop band Sum 41, made shocking allegations against Greig Nori, the band’s first manager. Whibley claims that Nori groomed and sexually abused him during the band’s early years.
These allegations are detailed in Whibley’s memoir, *Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell*, which was first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Whibley asserts that Nori coerced him into a sexual relationship that lasted four years, beginning when Whibley was just 16 and Nori was 34. Initially viewing Nori as a mentor within the Canadian punk scene, Whibley describes how their relationship became increasingly manipulative and controlling, ultimately trapping him.
Whibley recounts that when he turned 18, Nori offered him ecstasy and made unwelcome sexual advances. He alleges that any attempts to end the relationship were met with verbal abuse and accusations of homophobia. According to Whibley, this pattern of psychological manipulation persisted even after the relationship concluded, with a mutual friend eventually identifying the situation as abusive.
In his conversation with the LA Times, Whibley described Nori as “such a controlling person,” alleging that Nori tried to isolate band members from their families. Nori was ultimately removed as the band’s manager in 2005.
In addition to these serious allegations, Whibley took legal action against Nori in 2018, successfully winning a lawsuit that restored his songwriting credits for Sum 41’s early catalog, which Nori had previously controlled.
Since its founding in 1996 and signing with Island Records in 1999, Sum 41 quickly found fame alongside pop-punk giants like Blink-182 and Green Day. Their debut album, *All Killer No Filler*, featuring the hit single “Fat Lip,” propelled them into the limelight, and Whibley garnered extensive media attention due to his high-profile relationships with celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Avril Lavigne.
Although the band’s popularity waned with the decline of pop-punk, they have recently enjoyed a resurgence, appealing to a new generation with their lead single “Landmines” from their latest album, *Heaven: x: Hell*. Whibley has since revealed that this will be the band’s final release, stating in an interview with the Guardian, “It’s a very strange breakup because we still love being on stage and we still love each other’s company, but that’s why I want to leave it on that note.”