Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley alleges sexual coercion by former manager in new memoir [Video]

WARNING: This story contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.

Lead singer of the Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41, Deryck Whibley, is accusing his former manager and frontman of the group Treble Charger, Greig Nori, of grooming and sexual coercion in his newly released memoir, Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell.

In the book, Whibley, who is from Ajax, Ont., described the evolution of his relationship with Nori, whom he met at the age of 16, when Nori was 34.

CBC News has not been able to independently verify the detailed allegations contained in the memoir.

Whibley said Nori quickly became a mentor and “father figure,” teaching him how to shave, tie a tie and drive, before introducing the band to drugs and alcohol, and eventually pursuing a sexual relationship with a “freshly 18 years old” Whibley.

From ‘father figure’ to ‘being pressured’

Whibley claimed he and Nori became “inseparable” when …