The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Caras) has defended its decision to nominate Arcade Fire, whose frontman Win Butler was recently accused of sexual misconduct by multiple people, for group of the year at this year’s Juno awards.
“We look at Arcade Fire’s nomination for group of the year as one for the entire band,” the Academy wrote in a statement to CBC Music. “While we take the allegations very seriously, in this situation we are also honouring the rest of the band for their success. We hope the allegations against Butler will not detract from the achievements of the other group members.”
