Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace has been accused of spousal abuse by her wife, Paris Campbell Grace.
The allegations came on Thursday (July 17), a day prior to the release of Laura’s solo album ‘Adventure Club’, which Paris contributed to as a co-writer.
Paris took to Instagram and Threads to ask Laura to leave their home, saying that she felt “unsafe.”
“This is another example this week of my wife using her massive platform to attempt to hurt me,” she wrote. “I am currently locked in my office with all my belongings, and actually really scared.
“I don’t know what to do here, and I have nobody to turn to. She has thousands of people who love her, and it’s a great inequality of power. She’s been yelling at me since we woke up, I have remained calm (although admit I have cried a bunch after) and begged her to please be kind to me and try to have a good day.”
From there, Paris added that Laura is exhibiting “sheer irrational rage towards me daily”, adding: “I am trying my best here, but I FEEL unsafe. Laura Jane is perfectly safe, upstairs, tearing the house apart as I type this.”
“I am the one unsafe in this situation, I am publicly asking my wife to please stop this and leave the home.”
She goes on to say that, at the time they met, she was “a struggling artist/comic/whatever who had a substantial social following”, but was secretly doing sex work and Only Fans to make ends meet. “This led to assault and being trafficked. I got out, but endured a lot of trauma,” she said.
“When I met my wife, one of the first things I confided in her were my experiences. She made me feel so safe, and told me I’d never feel judged by her.”
Paris goes on to detail how, within two months of meeting in 2023, the two were married and began collaborating on creative projects and tours. “This was never the original plan, but I was thrilled to be finding my way back to music in a natural way with someone I love. It was all organic, and beautiful…”
She then goes on to allege that things “rapidly” shifted, claiming that Laura became “resentful” over her past as a sex worker.
“Everything from her scouring the internet for any remains she can find of my deleted OF leaks, or telling me she spends time watching massage parlor porn out of “concern” she will see me in one of the videos, or her saying her telling me her findings of videos of me I have explained are non-consensual in their distribution—to throw in my face moments before sound check on a show day, I COULD GO ON FOREVER…”
“I feel invisible, I feel like nobody will believe me, and I know it’s not right,” she continued. “I feel like I’m living in a dystopian nightmare, everyone every day telling me how much this woman loves me… “while on the daily she tells me she hates me, wants me gone, but if I try to leave that’s an issue too!! I am not okay!!!!!”
Paris then shared a screenshot of her messages with Laura, in which she asked her to leave the house so she could spend time with her daughter.
“This has been my only communication with my wife since yesterday morning with the exception of logistical questions communicated through others, or her arguing at me from the 2nd floor. I am once again, as someone who has been continuously abused in this marriage, asking my wife to leave the home and allow me to have a safe space to spend time with my child.”
In the messages, Laura responds to Paris’ allegations by questioning her credibility as a mother and asking her to leave instead, saying: “In the year and a half I have been with you I think you have maybe had your kid a total of 3 months? And when you do have them you throw them in daycare from 8-5PM every day while you smoke weed and look at TikTok. Last time I left and filed for divorce you went and stayed at a fancy air b&b in Indiana. I have a kid that lives in this house too. You leave”
NME has contacted Laura Jane Grace’s representatives for comment.
