Singer Aaron Lewis posted this photo of his family after video of the 2014 incident went viral. Photo from Facebook
The Chehalis Tribe of Washington honored singer Aaron Lewis at its casino on Saturday night for an incident in which he defended a teenage girl. During a concert in May 2014, Lewis became upset because the girl was being subjected to unwanted touching by male audience members. He stopped the show to let him know how he felt. “I just did what any father of three little girls would have done,” Lewis recalled, Nikki McCoy wrote on Thurston Talk.
To honor Lewis for taking a stand, the tribe donated $2,500 in his name to SafePlace, a non-profit agency and shelter for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The check was presented prior to the singer's show at the Lucky Eagle Casino on Saturday night.
“It was very, very, honorable for calling out those guys for their poor behavior and choice. We are very honored and thankful for what he did," Rodney Youckton, the CEO for Chehalis Tribal Enterprises, said at the casino, McCoy wrote on Thurston Talk. Get the Story:Country Singer Aaron Lewis’ Defense of a Young Girl Leads to a Surprise from Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel (Thurston Talk 3/31)
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