«Breaking News» Ryan Adams, 44, is accused of sexual and emotional abuse by seven women

Famed singer Ryan Adams has been accused of sexual misconduct and emotional abuse by a slew of woman, including his ex-wife actress Mandy Moore.

At least seven women say that the accomplished American solo singer was abusive, offering mentorship and career opportunities for young aspiring female artists in exchange for sex. 

One of the victims claims she was just 14 when the artist sexted her and exposed himself to her via Skype, and said people would compare him R. Kelly if anyone found out of their relationship. 

The accounts were published in a bombshell report by the New York Times on Wednesday. 

His accusers include Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers, singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye and others. 

'Music was a point of control for him,' Moore, who married more in 2009 before they split in June 2016, said.  

Singer-Songwriter Ryan Adams, 44, has been accused of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by at least seven women including his ex-wife Mandy Moore

The famed singer is accused to supporting young aspiring female artists and offering them career opportunities in exchange for sex. When they refused, he became vengeful and harassed them 

Adams has denied all the allegations that he called 'extremely serious and outlandish accusations'. 

Adams, who has published 16 albums and won 7 Grammy nominations, is famous for supporting young female artists, often sharing their pages and music on social media. 

But, according to victims and his co-workers he appeared to have an alterior motive with the artists he took under his wing. 

'In interviews, seven women and more than a dozen associates described a pattern of manipulative behavior in which Adams dangled career opportunities while simultaneously pursuing female artists for sex,' the report says. 

If the women didn't give in to his sexual demands he would 'jerk away his offers of support'. 

Adams then allegedly became domineering and vengeful towards his victims, subjecting them to emotional and verbal abuse. 

He'd also allegedly send harassment messages via text or on social media. 

The victims' claims were corroborated by family members and friends and receipts of correspondences with Adams.   

His ex-wife actress and singer Mandy Moore is among his accusers

Mandy Moore, who was married to Adams for seven years, said that Adams exerted his musical stance and power over her from a young age. 

The two met in 2007 when she was just 23 and he was 33.

In 2010 he offered to work on her next album. When she eventually parted ways with her music manager and Adams encouraged her to not seek another manager to take over, giving him full control over her musical career.

Moore says that he was psychologically abusive and would lord his accomplishments over her.

'He would always tell me, You’re not a real musician, because you don’t play an instrument,' Moore recalled. 

'His controlling behavior essentially did block my ability to make new connections in the industry during a very pivotal and potentially lucrative time — my entire mid-to-late 20s,' she said. 

She released her sixth LP before they married in 2009 and since then has released no new albums. They finally divorced in 2016. 

Only recently did Moore and several other victims realize their common past with Adams. 

'What you experience with him — the treatment, the destructive, manic sort of back and forth behavior — feels so exclusive. You feel like there’s no way other people have been treated like this,' Moore said. 

Now they're banding together and speaking out to prevent Adams from having other victims. 

'I want to make music. I’m not going to let Ryan stop me,' the This Is Us actress said. 

Perhaps one of the most alarming accounts against Adams involves him sexting a fan named Ava, who was a 14-year-old bass player trying to break into the music industry. 

Ava, now 20, is only being identified by her middle name as she was a minor during the relationship.  

The two began talking in 2013 and their conversations about music turned into sexting. Ava said they had video calls on Skype where Adams exposed himself during phone sex, the report said. 

'I was really alone and he was really friendly and cool,' Ava said to the Times. 

The Times reviewed 3,217 text messages exchanged between Adams and Ava over a nine-month period when she was 15 and 16. 

Adams repeatedly asked about her age. though he at times believed she was older than she really was he said things like 'I would get in trouble if someone knew we talked like this,' as per a message sent in November 2014. 

In another message sent when he was 40 and she was 16 he wrote: 'I never see pics of you anymore. You were blowing my mind.' 

She added that he had pet names for her body parts.   

Adams oftened panicked about anyone finding out about their relationship. 

'If people knew they would say I was like R Kelley lol,' he said in one message.

Ava revealed on one occasion they agreed to video chat and when they connected via Sykpe video call, he was already naked. 

'It was just sexual power,' she said. 

When their relationship began to wave, Adams proposed they record together. 

Ava said that the idea of being baited with sex for a career jump 'just totally put me off to the whole idea'. With that she ended her bassist career.   

Adams' lawyers have denied such exchanges. 

'Mr. Adams unequivocally denies that he ever engaged in inappropriate online sexual communications with someone he knew was underage,' the singer's lawyer Andrew B. Brettler said on his interactions with Ava. 

Musician Phoebe Bridgers said she was 20 when Adams invited her to the Pax-Am studio in Los Angeles in the fall of 2014 and she speedily agreed.    

'There was a mythology around him. It seemed like he had the power to propel people forward,' she said. 

He listened to her perform, compared her to Bob Dylan, gifted her an expensive vintage guitar and said to return the following day so they could return together. 

He bought her best songs and discussed making them a 7-inch vinyl single on his label - a dream start for any rising artist's career. 

Then came the flirty texts and a 'whirlwind romance'. Bridgers said Adams discussed marriage less than a week into their relationship and wanted her to open for him on his European tour that was opening in a few weeks. 

Speaking to Bridgers' mother, Adams said it was a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' that she had someone like him looking out for her. 

Bridgers said he quickly turned obsessive and emotionally abusive, bombarding her with text messages, demanding to know where she was. 

He'd ask her to drop whatever she was doing to have phone sex with him and threatened suicide if she didn't immediately pick up the phone. 

Bridgers broke up with him and he rescinded his offer for her to open for him on his tour and avoided talking about releasing the music they recorded together. 

Eventually three of her singles were released by Pax-Am in April 2015, skyrocketing her to fame. Adams received all the praise for bringing her into the spotlight. 

Two other female singer-songwriters, who wanted to be anonymous for fear of retribution, said Adams pulled the same stints with them. 

He raved about their music and offered tour opportunities while pursuing a romantic relationship. Then he harassed them with text messages and threatened retaliation when they didn't want to continue dating him.    

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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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