Christian music star Michael Tait admits to double life amid sexual assault, drug abuse allegations: Sadly, largely true

Grammy award-winning Christian rock singer Michael Tait admitted the drug abuse and sexual assault accusations against him are “mostly true,” in his first public comments since the bombshell claims surfaced.Tait, the former frontman for Newsboys and DC Talk, said he was living a double life as he allegedly abused hardcore substances with younger men before making unwanted advances toward them, according to Christian media outlet The Roys Report.The 59-year-old addressed the accusations in an Instagram post titled, “My Confession — June 10, 2025.”“Recent reports of my reckless and destructive behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse and sexual activity are sadly, largely true,” Tait wrote.“For some two decades I used and abused cocaine, consumed far too much alcohol and, at times, touched men in an unwanted sensual way.”“I am ashamed of my life choices and actions, and make no excuses for them.

I will simply call it what God calls it — sin.I don’t blame anyone or anything but myself.

While I might dispute certain details in the accusations against me, I do not dispute the substance of them,” he added.The report, published June 4, featured sourcing from 50 people, including three men who claim they were targets of Tait’s non-consensual sexual advances when they were in their early 20s.Tait allegedly befriended multiple people while on tour, including three men in 2004, 2010 and 2014, respectively.The men claim Tait offered them alcohol or cocaine and later touched them non-consensually, according to The Roys Report.Tait, who abruptly left Newsboys in January because he was “living a double life,” said he split with the award-winning group “to get help.”“I was not healthy, physically or spiritually, and was tired of leading a double life,” he said.Tait revealed that he is sober after he spent six weeks at a Utah treatment center, which he insists saved his life from “ultimate destruction.”The Washington, DC native said ...