The Killers' Brandon Flowers Relieved as Sex Assault Investigation Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing
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The rock band vocalist is glad with the results of the investigation which was launched against their road crew members following sexual assault allegations.

AceShowbiz - The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is "relieved" an investigation into allegations of sexual assault against members of their road crew has found no evidence of wrongdoing.

The band's lawyers launched an investigation into claims made by former sound engineer Chez Cherrie, alleging she overheard crew members boast of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in a dressing room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2009.

The attorneys found "no corroboration" of the story - a finding that has been a huge relief to Flowers.

"I feel relieved that we were actually able to get to the bottom of it, actually find this woman and make sure that she was OK," he tells British website NME. "The most important thing is that there was no assault. That's just nothing but relief. From what we see backstage, the people we hire and the people in the band, we've never witnessed anything like that happen. If something like that did happen, we would want to know."

None of the band was implicated in the allegations, but Cherrie's blog did claim there is a culture of misogyny in rock, prompting intense criticism of the band on social media - something which saddens the "Human" hitmaker.

"It sucks because as soon as you are brought into that conversation, some people are just going to believe that is you and paint you with that brush forever," says Flowers. "If I could sit down with everybody or let them be a fly on the wall - let them see what your life is like and how you behave and show them that that's not you... There's not much we can do about that. I guess I could do that - try and track down all the naysayers and let them follow me around? I don't know what you do."

Despite finding no wrongdoing, the group are bringing in new reporting procedures for future tours to ensure anyone placed in Cherrie's position can quickly highlight any allegation so it can be looked into.

Calling on other groups to do the same, Flowers adds, "That could be the more positive thing that's come from it - to actually put our heads together and figure out something we can do so that if anyone ever does feel uncomfortable, female or male, there's a number they can call so they don't have to let it fester and carry it with them for so long like this woman on the crew did."

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