She continues, "When I return from Sweden I will seek a qualified polygraph examiner to put to rest any and all allegations. There are so many excuses I could make being only one month into my sixteenth year at the time that people would understand but I am innocent."Ĭurrie goes on to volunteer to undergo a polygraph test to prove her side of the story - but confesses she may need help funding the effort. "I have never been one to deny my mistakes in life and I wouldn't start now. Of looking into the dead yet pleading eyes of a girl, unable to move while she was brutally raped and doing nothing.
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In a candid post on Facebook, she writes, "I have been accused of a crime. Meanwhile Cherie Currie has vowed to take a lie detector test to clear up reports suggesting she sat quietly while the incident took place. She adds, "Obviously Jackie's story is extremely upsetting and although we haven't spoken in decades, I wish her peace and healing." For a group of young teenagers thrust into 70s rock stardom there were relationships that were bizarre, but I was not aware of this incident." However, Jett has now responded to the claim, saying in a statement, "Anyone who truly knows me understands that if I was aware of a friend or band mate being violated, I would not stand by while it happened. Fox also claimed that Jett, Currie and others, watched it happen, according to .įox alleges the incident took place on New Year's Eve in 1975, and says, "I remember opening my eyes, Kim Fowley was raping me, and there were people watching me." US rockers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have responded to allegations the former manager of The Runaways raped their band mate Jackie Fox, insisting they were "unaware of this incident".įox, former member of the Jett-fronted 1970s rock band, told The Huffington Post that Kim Fowley assaulted her after a roadie insisted she take a Quaalude pill.