Overview
- Modest Mouse announced on Friday, July 31, that Simon O'Connor will not join the band's North American tour and that Seth Jabour will fill in on guitar.
- A Reddit user who said she was 17 posted screenshots on July 26 alleging O'Connor sent explicit messages and an 'erotic image' when she was 16.
- Simon O'Connor posted a public statement denying he knowingly messaged a minor, saying he mistook the account for someone who had harassed him, unsent the messages, and apologized for poor judgment.
- The band's Instagram announcement made no reference to the allegations and did not clarify whether O'Connor's removal from the tour lineup is permanent.
- O'Connor joined Modest Mouse in 2021 and appears on the group's recent album, and news coverage so far relies on social‑media screenshots with no reported criminal charges or formal legal findings.