Sharing this since #Rammstein has a lot of fans worldwide who aren't caught up with the situation yet, given it's mostly German articles and news posting about this.
TW: Sexual Assault/SA, Rape, Drugs, Alcohol, Minors !!
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Update:
According to the German news site "Welt" Rammstein has seperated from casting director Alena Makeeva. They also hired law firm to have the allegations further checked.
Rammstein has now removed Row Zero from upcoming concerts as well as the private Aftershow Party for Till and female fans.
They also introduced an awareness-concept with multiple employees looking out for fans and a safe-space-area where fans can stay if they feel unwell.
GGPoker, an online poker site has temporarily stopped their cooperation with Till.
As well as German drug store chain Rossmann removing their Rammstein perfumes from the stores for an unknown period of time.
Source: Bild
During the concert on Wednesday (June 7th) in Munich, Rammstein removed "Pussy" as one of the songs played, as well as their usual penis-shaped foam canon used during the performance.
Surprisingly "Du riechst so gut" (= You smell so good), a song describing the act of sexual assault was still played.
With some of the lyrics reading
"You smell so good, I will find you"
"I wait till it's dark. Then I touch your wet skin"
"Stop screaming and resisting"
There have been hundreds of women/people protesting against Rammstein and for solidarity with the alleged victims of Till.
Many fans have been threating protestants verbally but also physically.
"Come one sweetheart, show yourself" says the man shown in the video towards one of the protestants of the concert.
Some men are speaking about clear rape fatansies. Recording or cursing at the small but peaceful demonstration. A man around the age of 50 screaming "You are so beautiful, but so dumb".
Neonazis are there as well.
With too little police given all the people involved.
!Important!
The following article was published by @derspiegel
They have been talking to two dozen women who wanted to stay anonymous in fear of hate and threats.
Their stories can be backed up by conversations, text messages, documents, photos and videos.
Some of the women also signed an affidavit. (a written statement in which the author swears an oath to tell the truth under the penalty of perjury)
The full German article can be found here
archive.ph/CjJ9M#selectio…
I will try my best to translate important parts
A woman, 20, let's call her Zoe explains how she has been contacted by Alena to attend one of the parties.
She drank two and a half bottles of beer and two shots strong alcohol from a new opened bottle.
With some other girls they visited Till's Hotel.
She wasn't a big fan, but during the evenin she gave him a BJ. He asked her to stay the night and have sex with him. She replied it would be difficult due to her illness which causes pain during intercourse.
Later when they were alone, they had sex. Till asked twice if that would be okay.
Her memory is dizzy. She remembers brutal scenes and incoherent moments. How he used her face, how he choked her, how she was sitting on top of him and lost balance.
When she was asked, how she got in that situation, she talks slowly and advisedly.
There is no easy explanation and she struggled to put into words what happened.
"I wish I could say I loved Till and I did it because of it but that isn't true"
"It was a form of praise, to be chosen by Till." She says.
Everything happened fast.
The next day, she stayed for a few more hours with Till in the hotel room. They had sex again and Zoe said that someone wasn't right. Till told her he was almost done and continued
Some time later, he friend appeared. Till asked Zoe, if he could have sex with her as well.
Some time later Zoe was in shock. There were big bloodstains on the bed. It was so bad, she sat down on a tovel.
Till said, it is likely her period.
Because of her illness, she got her period very rarely though.
The bleeding stayed for multiple days.
When her friends asked, she told them the "sex" was good. When she mentioned the blood and saw the reactions of her friends, she knew something wasn't right.
She still wonders about it.
"I'm an adult. I put myself in this situation".
But what it means for her, she is still figuring out, now that she reads all the accusations.
When she was asked, if the sex was consensual, she replied "I don't know"
She doesn't want to say it wasn't.
Another woman from vienna, let's call her Anna visited a concert with her mum in 2019. She was 21 at the time.
A staff member invited her to the Aftershow party. There she met everyone despite Till.
Later Alena asked her, if she wanted to meet Till.
She knew there would be a sexual aspect, but she agreed. She just didn't expect anything to happen against her will.
Together with other women, she sat in a taxi and was brought to a hotel.
Till was there waiting. Her and the other women drank vodka.
From there, her memory is vague.
She remembers sitting next to Till. They made it to a hotel room.
She also remembers that she woke up and Till was on top of her.
"When he noticed I was awake, he asked if he should stop". I didn't even know what he meant.
What exactly happened between them, she doesn't know.
Later she woke up next to an employee of Till.
The next morning she had stains in pants.
Just like Zoe, she told her friends it was "nice" with Lindemann.
She even attended a concert again.
Just months later she understood that there wasn't really a way to consent in her (mental and physical) state.
Their music was giving her panic attacks
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