The drummer of the rock band New Pornographers, Joe Seiders, has been arrested for possession of child sex abuse material, Page Six reports. On April 9, the 44-year-old musician was taken into custody after a member of a Palm Desert restaurant called the police on a man “entering and exiting the restroom with juvenile males,” according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Two days prior to the incident, police said they were called to the same restaurant after an 11-year-old boy reported an inappropriate interaction with an older man. The young boy told deputies that a strange man “recorded him on a cell phone while he was using the restroom at the location.” Later, officials said they concluded that both incidents involved the same individual, Seider. Using their search warrants, law enforcement officers also said they discovered he allegedly had child sex abuse material. He was taken into custody at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on charges of possessing child sex abuse images, annoying or molesting a child, invasion of privacy, and attempted invasion of privacy. The investigation into the drummer is ongoing, with the sheriff’s office saying “there may be additional victims.” The musician is being held on a $1 million bail and is due in court on April 22. His “shocked” bandmates condemned his alleged behavior in an Instagram post and said they had severed ties with him.
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