Michael Milosh, the man behind the whispery R&B-pop act Rhye, has been accused of grooming and of physical and sexual abuse. In a lengthy series of statements posted on Instagram in the last two days, Milosh’s ex-wife, the actress Alexa Nikolas, has accused him of abusing her and other women.

Nikolas posted her story in an “open letter” that she gave the title “Groomed By The Groom.” In a 2018 interview with the online magazine Verse, Nikolas told a story about first contacting Milosh when she was 16. At the time, according to Nikolas, she sent him a MySpace message telling him that she liked his music. She says he immediately responded and asked for her phone number. In Nikolas’ story, they met two years later, after she turned 18.

*On Instagram, Nikolas writes that Milosh and his representatives tried to “take down” the Verse interview after its publication: “I couldn’t believe it. I said nothing damaging and even withheld many truths out of fear of him not helping me financially during our separation.” On Instagram, Nikolas writes more about that initial contact, and she continues, “Later on, after I had just turned 17, he responded with an invitation to fly to New York so that he could take photographs and meet me in person.” She also writes that she remained in contact with him before turning 18: “A lot of our conversations were via skype video chat. They were all sexual and flirtatious. I can account account on numerous occasions undressing up on his request.”

Nikolas writes that she had her “first sexual experience” with Milosh in Berlin, when he was 35 and she’d just turned 18. She writes that Milosh pressured her into sex: “I did not respect my no and neither did he.” She also writes that she “felt unsafe,” and her Instagram account includes screenshots in which she tells a friend that she wanted to go home. Later on, she says, he also pressured her into a*** sex, and she claims that Rhye’s 2013 song “Major Minor Love” is “about grooming a young girl and gaslighting.”

Nikolas writes that she later paid for Milosh to fly to Los Angeles and that she paid for everything when he was staying there. She also claims that Milosh would use sounds of s***in Rhye’s music: “In one of his songs ‘Don’t call it’ he used the sound of me saying ‘No’ and reversed it to saying ‘On.'” She also claims that Milosh used the sound of him having s***with two Japanese women on the song “Instrumental”: “I doubt he got consent because they did not speak English and they were intoxicated.”

Nikolas claims that Milosh proposed when she was 19 and they’d been dating for six months. She says that he suspects he married her for a green card. She also claims that Milosh told her that he had sexually assaulted a Jamaican woman when he was in his twenties. When she told him to contact the woman and apologize, Nikolas writes, “He charged at me, picked me up, pushed me on the couch, and pressed his forearm into my throat and continually screamed ‘shut the f*** up, shut the f*** up, shut the f*** up!’. I couldn’t breathe.”

Nikolas also claims that Milosh and his girlfriend subjected her to “a 48 hour bullying session” after the Verse interview came out. She writes, “To this day I still suffer PTSD from that relationship, even doubting my own sanity on some days.”

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goddammit

isn't he married to the nerdy girl from zoey 101

was

WHY!?
Women is such an amazing project

this one of those where its hard as f*** to seperate "artist from art" his albums are so intimate, this kinda f***s them entirely

Nikolas writes that she had her “first sexual experience” with Milosh in Berlin, when he was 35 and she’d just turned 18. She writes that Milosh pressured her into sex: “I did not respect my no and neither did he.” She also writes that she “felt unsafe,” and her Instagram account includes screenshots in which she tells a friend that she wanted to go home. Later on, she says, he also pressured her into a*** sex, and she claims that Rhye’s 2013 song “Major Minor Love” is “about grooming a young girl and gaslighting.”
that's a WILD title for a song yo.

this song is so beautiful though

So just keep listening. Nobody's stopping you or pulling his music from Spotify.

that was my favorite song off the project too

most the replies "but this music is Good though!" kinda proving what a lot of women be talking about

they always show they ass

i don’t get it, like u can keep listening in private if u really move like that

but when ppl say it to make a point, i’m like bruh?

my bad b i ain’t see i ain’t follow u back yet, u always got a level head on here

forgot i bumped woman a lot

looked at dudes face and he did that s*** no doubt in my mind

yeah im just going to listen to this behind close doors anyway. aint no-one even know who they are like that

this not what im saying

I know I can listen whenever I want, I love the album 'Woman' a ton, so saying that these allegations make it incredibly difficult to enjoy given the added context, especially the parts about specific songs on the record lol

What is your point here?

You can appreciate music separate from the artist.

I'd say it's pretty damn hard to in this case considering the music was/is basically the guy's documentation in sexually exploitative and abusive ventures

my point is the first thing niggas posting in a sexual assault thread being "but this man's music is so good though!" and not being anything related to the thread is what my point is bruh.

aw thanks man, i dont think I do but glad to see someone thinks I do lmfao.

Can't trust any indie white dudes

I actually enjoyed Rhye but won't miss that shiet at all

Dawg alot of work agree R Kelly whole fan base now is just women damn near

Women don't care no more then men unfortunately

When people talk about separating that art from the artists it always confuses me

I thought not listening to the music anymore was more of a material stance than a moral one. Obviously this guy is using his influence, money and power (which come from his music career) in bad ways. By no longer supporting him you’re reducing his ability to do those things. Y’all see it differently?