Evan Dando Hospitalized After Explicit Video Claims

Evan Dando, the frontman of the alternative rock band The Lemonheads, has been hospitalized in Brazil for mental health treatment following accusations that he sent unsolicited explicit videos to at least one fan on X, formerly Twitter. The 58-year-old musician, who resides in São Paulo with his wife Antonia Teixeira, checked into the facility around February 13 after his behavior escalated during a recent substance relapse, according to his representatives and Teixeira.

The initial report surfaced last week when a fan, identified only as Dawn, shared her experience with journalist Tony Ortega. Dawn said she messaged Dando in October to congratulate him on the band's new album, Love Chant, their first collection of original material since 2006. Dando replied, "Cool, I'm sorry I'm an exhibitionist," and the next day sent her a video of himself masturbating, she told Ortega. "It's him sitting in a basement or something, and he's fully masturbating," Dawn said. "You can see his penis and his face. It's definitely him. He's filming it from a weird angle. It's so gross. I don't want him to do this to anyone else."

Teixeira, speaking to Billboard on the day of Dando's admission,...