{"id":3633,"date":"2023-06-06T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2023-06-06T07:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:35:02","slug":"rammstein-respond-after-till-lindemann-dropped-from-book-publisher-amid-drink-spiking-and-sexual-misconduct-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"Rammstein respond after Till Lindemann dropped from book publisher amid drink-spiking and sexual misconduct allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SOURCE: www.nme.com By Liberty Dunworth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rammstein<\/a> have issued a statement following the accusations raised against frontman Till Lindemann<\/a>, who was dropped from his book publisher after being accused of drink spiking and sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The allegations against the German singer-songwriter first arose last month, when a fan took to social media claiming to have been spiked at a pre-show party<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As reported by Loudwire<\/em><\/a>, the accusations came from a Reddit user going by the name of Shelby69666, who uploaded a now-deleted post titled \u201cFuck Rammstein\u201d that showed a photo of a large bruise with the caption \u201cSpiked, no idea when this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, she had attended the band\u2019s concert in Vilnius the day before and was invited to a pre-party by a crew member. After numerous threads related to the initial update were deleted from Reddit due to them being considered hearsay, an account with a Shelby69666 username appeared on Twitter, elaborating on the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here the user explained that she had contacted a crew member who allegedly recruits women to stand in the front row at Rammstein concerts, and was later escorted with a group of women to \u201cRow 0\u201d \u2014 a pre-party where she was allegedly spiked and shouted at by the frontman when she said she didn\u2019t want to have sex with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After returning to \u201cRow 0\u201d, she claimed to have vague memories of attending an afterparty, vomiting in a bathroom and returning to her hotel room. She has made it clear in her posts that she is not accusing Lindemann of rape, stating: \u201cTill did NOT touch me. He accepted I did not want to have sex with him\u201d. Following the accusations, the band denied any wrongdoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, last Friday (June 2) German Publication Tagesschau<\/em><\/a> published a report that contained new charges from other women, all of which accused the frontman of sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Lindemann has been dropped by his book publisher, Kiepenheuer & Witsch following the allegations, and the band have issued a second statement online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Announcing the news on Twitter, the publishing house \u2014 which also goes by the acronym KiWi \u2014 wrote (translated from German): \u201cIt is with shock that we have followed public allegations against Till Lindemann in the last few days. Our sympathy and respect goes to the women affected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also proceeded to reference a recently-earthed \u201cporn video in which Till Lindemann celebrates sexual violence against women\u201d as contributing to the decision to part ways with the singer, as well as citing Lindemann\u2019s book of poetry On Quiet Nights<\/em>, which was published by the company and contained sections of erotica. The latter, it described as a \u201cgross breach of trust\u201d and \u201ca ruthless act in relation to the values we represent as a publisher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom our point of view, Till Lindemann exceeds immovable limits in dealing with women,\u201d it read. \u201cWe have therefore decided to end our collaboration with Till Lindemann with immediate effect, as our relationship of trust with the author has been irretrievably broken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to both the comments from the publishing house and the accusations raised by Tagesschau<\/em>, the band have once again denied all allegations on social media<\/a>, and urged fans to withhold from joining in the \u201cpublic prejudice\u201d against the members and those coming forward with accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe publications of the last few days have caused irritation and questions among the public and especially among our fans. The allegations hit us all very hard, and we take them extremely seriously,\u201d the statement wrote. \u201cWe say to our fans: It is important to us that you feel comfortable and safe at our shows \u2013 in front of and behind the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe condemn any kind of transgression and ask you: Do not engage in public prejudice of any kind against those who have made allegations,\u201d it continued. \u201cYou have a right to your point of view. But we, the band, also have a right \u2013 namely not to be prejudiced either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At time of writing, Lindemann\u2019s upcoming shows \u2014 which include a solo show at London\u2019s Wembley Arena<\/a> \u2014 are still set to take place as scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NME<\/em> has reached out to a spokesperson for Lindemann and Rammstein for further comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOURCE: www.nme.com By Liberty Dunworth Rammstein have issued a statement following the accusations raised against frontman Till Lindemann, who was dropped from his book publisher after being accused of drink spiking and sexual misconduct. The allegations against the German singer-songwriter first arose last month, when a fan took to social media claiming to have been spiked at a… Read More »Rammstein respond after Till Lindemann dropped from book publisher amid drink-spiking and sexual misconduct allegations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3636,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions\/3636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}