Dryden Mitchell has been charged (Picture: Johnny Louis/Getty Images)

Alien Ant Farm singer Dryden Mitchell has been charged with misdemeanour battery after allegedly forcing a fan to touch his crotch.

The 46-year-old musician was charged on December 30, having being accused of making a fan touch his genitals during a show two months earlier at Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

The charge has been verified by Broward County Clerk of Courts records, while he has not been arrested.

As reported by Rolling Stone, footage recorded at the concert shows Mitchell grabbing a fan’s hand during their performance of Michael Jackson’s song Smooth Criminal.

He then pulls the man’s hand towards his crotch and leaves it there before the man pulled it away.

According to reports, the 45-year-old man from Miami filed an incident report with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

The alleged incident is said to have taken place during an Alien Ant Farm show (Picture: Andrew Benge/Redferns)

Alien Ant Farm’s cover of Smooth Criminal was released in 2001 (Picture: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Rolling Stone says the report reads: ‘The lead singer of the Alien Ant Farm band, Dryden Mitchell, was on the stage in front of [victim] stated he had his fist in the air and was trying to get a picture with Mitchell.

‘[Victim] advised that Mitchell grabbed his fist while it was in the air, and pulled the fist into his private area (genital area) against his pants. [Victim] stated he immediately pulled his hand away at that point.’

It’s said the accuser had ‘stated the reason for the delay in making a police report was because the incident was not sitting well with him’.

Meanwhile, the fan has also told the Daily Mail he wants to share his story, but now isn’t the time.

He said: ‘I do want to tell my story but I do have to listen to my civil lawyers. I’ll be more than happy to speak later. I do want the story out there because what happened was not right.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted a representative for Alien Ant Farm for comment.

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Dryden Mitchell has not been arrested.