Musical Artists Who’ve Done Terrible, Shady, Bad Bad Things

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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In the 1990s, funk-rock-hip-hop hybrid group Red Hot Chili Peppers were at the top of the world. But music executive Julie Farman paints the picture of a different legacy. The band met with her to discuss a potential working relationship with Epic Records. When she invited two of them to look at various albums in a closet, they pressed up against her against her will and said inappropriate things. If you look even further in their history, you’ll see these aren’t isolated acts: singer Anthony Keidis was convicted of indecent exposure and sexual battery just a few years prior. 

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