Journalist Claims Courtney Love Grabbed His Junk
ABC journalist Frank Elaridi spoke out throughout Thursday’s episode of his “Fairly Frankly” podcast, and claimed Courtney Love groped him after an interview a number of years prior.
Elaridi stated the incident befell “like six years in the past” at Coachella when he was protecting the music competition for “Nightline.”
“I feel I used to be like 24 or one thing on the time — naive,” he stated. “They ship me to Coachella to go do an interview along with her. I’m at her afterparty, interviewing her in a aspect room, after which she’s like, ‘Come hang around with us!’”
Elaridi stated he posed for {a photograph} with Love, and issues took an surprising flip. “And the second the photograph’s achieved, she grabs my crotch, like, actually arduous. Like, grabs it like that,” he stated.
Elaridi went on to explain what it was like for him to be groped so unexpectedly by the rockstar.
“I used to be like caught off guard. So there’s actually a photograph ’trigger someone throughout the room snapped it, despatched it to me,” he stated as a picture of the incident appeared on display screen.
Elaridi’s podcast visitor, musician Nahko Bear — who has been accused of sexual abuse however denies all of the allegations made towards him — requested, “So that you’re gonna cancel her?”
Courtney Love is accused by journalist Frank Elaridi for grabbing his crotch almost a decade in the past #accused #Coachella https://t.co/gkteeFeEse
— WhatsNew2Day (@whatsn2day) May 19, 2023
Elaridi talked about in the present day’s cancel tradition and the way folks are actually wanting again in time and calling out others for actions made previously. (RELATED: A Fan Grabbed Machine Gun Kelly’s Junk Throughout Live performance)
“It will by no means cross my thoughts to be like, let me go after her now, 10 years later,” Elaridi stated.
“In my head like that will by no means cross my thoughts to do this.”
“Perhaps we should always speak about — is it as a result of she’s a lady and I’m a person?” he stated.
