The 26-year-old, whose real name is Garrett Clark Borns, is signed to Interscope and has released two albums, both of which reached the US Top 50. The second featured a guest spot from Lana Del Rey, who he has supported on tour. He describes the claims as "disturbing and false".
Four women have made allegations on Twitter. One former fan, Lyss, accuses him of "grooming" her for two years, including touching her inappropriately when she was 16 and requesting sexual images of her when she was 17. In an incident when she was 18, she says "he got me drunk, started touching me, and we went into his bedroom. The things he did were things I did not want, and it hurt. He was aggressive and controlling and I was so scared of him." She later added that she was not accusing him of rape or underage sex, and that the sexual contact was consensual.
Another woman, Mathilda, accuses him of exploitative and manipulative behaviour, saying he demanded nude photos and videos, and that their sexual contact, while consensual, made her "very uncomfortable".
A third woman, Nia, says she was "completely taken advantage of" by Borns while she was drunk, describing a sexual encounter that left her bleeding and another in which he refused to use protection. She also accuses him of inappropriately touching her in public.
An unnamed woman, whose messages were posted by the Twitter account "Exposing BØRNS", writes that the singer knew of her mental health issues and "took advantage of my being fragile … he goes after young, impressionable, unstable fans who he knows will do anything he wants them to including sending very explicit pictures and videos they're uncomfortable sending [because] they love him and don't want to lose his attention".
Borns has responded to the accusations in a statement on Instagram, saying: "I am both hurt and angered over the disturbing and false allegations over the past few days on social media. All of the relationships I have had were legal and consensual. They ended abruptly and that obviously caused hurt feelings, but for anyone to suggest anything beyond that is irresponsible."
