Rammsteins Till Lindemann investigated for sexual assault allegations Rolling Stone

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Berlin prosecutors are investigating Rammstein singer Till Lindemann after several women made sexual assault allegations and claimed they were drugged and offered for sex, according to Agence France-Presse (via Barrons).

Preliminary proceedings have been opened against Till Lindemann for alleged sexual offenses and narcotics distribution, a spokeswoman said in a statement, adding that they opened the investigation of their own volition. The spokeswoman said she would not comment further so as not to jeopardize the investigation.

A representative for Rammstein did not return the Rolling Stones’ request for comment, although Lindemanns denied the claims and called them without exception false to AFP.

In late May, a 24-year-old Northern Ireland fan named Shelby Lynn claimed that someone named Alena Makeeva, who described herself as a casting director on tour with Till Lindemann, had invited her to a special seating section called row zero at Rammsteins concert in Vilnius, Lithuania. At the concert, the woman claimed, someone led her under the stage, where Lindemann allegedly made an advance towards her which she rebuffed. He reacted angrily, according to The Guardian.

The accuser claimed that after consuming a drink she got at a pre-show party she felt like she had been drugged, but later reported that a urine test did not showed no signs of intoxication. Lithuanian police then questioned Lynn. Following her accusations, she tweeted: I would like to clarify again. Until he did NOT touch me. He accepted that I didn’t want to sleep with him. I never claimed he raped me.

After Lynn’s story went viral, other women claimed they were approached by a casting director who wanted to set up a date with Lindemann. One woman, The Guardian reported, claimed to have passed out and awoke to find Lindemann on top of her. The accuser, known anonymously as Kaya R., claimed that after a concert in Vienna in 2019, someone asked her to go to an after party with Lindemann. She said she drank a lot and eventually passed out. When she woke up and allegedly found Lindemann having sex with her, she claimed he asked her if she wanted him to stop. She said she didn’t understand what was going on and he finally left. Editor’s Choice

Last week, Rammstein posted a statement on their Instagram in German saying they want their fans to feel safe and comfortable at their concerts. The group also urged fans not to attack Lynn or other accusers. They are entitled to their own way of seeing things, they wrote, according to Instagram’s native translation. But we, the group, also have the right not to be prejudiced. Tendency

As a group, Rammstein banned the casting director, Makeeva, from attending future concerts. Following the cancellation of concert nights after Rammstein’s concerts in Munich last week, it has been announced that planned events in Berlin are also canceled, according to Barrons.

Kiepenheuer & Witsch, which published a book of poetry by Lindemann in 2020, cut ties with the singer, citing recent accusations and a video in which Lindemann allegedly stuck his penis through a hole in a copy of his own book.

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