![]() ![]() A couple of those artists have reached out to Renaud over the last couple of weeks. Last year a tattoo artist in the UK made the same offer following similar events with the band Brand New and others have done the same. ![]() Renaud didn’t invent the idea of offering free tattoo removals after a band has been accused of sexual misconduct. ![]() Renaud has been accused of being jealous, fame-seeking and a pathetic liar who is “crying rape” even though she “wanted it.” (She has never made any allegations against Hedley.) “Ugly cunt,” “hoe ” and “FemiNazi” are just a sample of the obscenities that have been directed at her. She has also become a major target of social media vitriol. She jokes that she has become an amateur therapist, doing her best to help these fans work through their feelings. So far, a dozen distressed Hedley fans have taken Renaud up on her offer. “I thought this was one way I could do something for some of these people who are really struggling.” “I’m not lawyer, I’m not an investigator,” she told me when we met for coffee recently. When Renaud first heard the allegations, she wanted to help. ![]() Since then, two women have claimed Hoggard forced them into non-consensual sex and, last week, Toronto police announced its sex crimes unit was investigating him. In some cases, the accusers said they were as young as 14 when the incidents in question took place. In February, several women began sharing stories of alleged sexual mistreatment by Hoggard and his fellow band members. A prominent Canadian tattoo artist, she had become friendly with the band’s front man, Jacob Hoggard, after doing his tattoos for a music video in the early aughts. The response was from a complete stranger, who warned: “This Ontario tattoo bitch is going to get lit up on Monday.” Shocked and a bit worried since the address of her downtown Toronto tattoo parlour would be easy to find, Renaud reported the threat to the police who advised her to avoid unknown customers and to take screen grabs of any other threatening or obscene tweets she received. What she wasn’t expecting was a death threat, which came hours after Renaud’s Tweet. Lizzie Renaud was expecting a little pushback when she posted an offer on Twitter to remove Hedley tattoos for free. Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard performs at a 2017 WE Day concert in Vancouver. ![]()
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