Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary disinvited from fest over 1970's 'indecent liberties'
Folk singer Peter Yarrow, of the group Peter, Paul and Mary, has been disinvited from this year's Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in upstate New York.
On Monday, a festival representative confirmed that Yarrow will not headline the festival in September, citing reaction on social media about Yarrow's 1970 jail sentence for "indecent liberties" with a 14-year-old girl.
Colorscape's board president, Melissa DeCordova, said in a statement Tuesday they were unaware of the incident.
In 1970, Yarrow was sentenced to three months in jail after the incident in a Washington hotel room. In 1981, he was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter the day before he left office.
Yarrow was initially scheduled to perform on Sept. 8 along with performance painter Robert Channing. A replacement hasn't yet been named.
Channing, who's been featured on "America's Got Talent," and world-champion slam poet Buddy Wakefield have previously been announced as headliners.
The free, two-day festival will be held Sept. 7 and 8 in Norwich, New York.
This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary pulled from New York festival
