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The Dave Matthews Band is distancing itself from its longtime, now-ex-violinist Boyd Tinsley amid allegations of sexual harassment.

“Though Boyd is no longer a member of the band, we are shocked by these disturbing allegations and we were not previously aware of them,” a spokesperson for the band said in a statement to The Times on Friday.

Tinsley, 54, who announced a leave of absence from DMB in February so that he could focus on his family and health, has been accused of sexual harassment by Seattle-based trumpet player James Frost-Winn, who performed with the violinist in the band Crystal Garden. Tinsley has yet to publicly address the allegations.

The musician, a husband and father of two, joined DMB in 1992 but has performed with other acts since.

Frost-Winn filed a $9-million lawsuit against Tinsley in Washington state on Thursday, claiming that between April 2015 through August 2016, Tinsley created a “hostile work environment” stemming from sex-based demands, according to People and Consequence of Sound.

A teenager at the time, Frost-Winn claimed Tinsley was “sexually flirting with verbal sexual comments, physically touching [and] sexting” and accused him of “creepy, sex-based behavior” and “sexually predatory harassment,” the lawsuit said.

Frost-Winn, who included graphic text messages in his filing, cited “loss of enjoyment of life, pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, and humiliation.”

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