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| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 22.05.2023 | Rammstein are playing their concert in Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| 23.05.2023 | Shelby Lynn shares the first Reddit post, titled "Fuck Rammstein." In this post she shared the first photo of the bruises on her body. The post has since been deleted by moderators of the Subreddit. |
| 24.05.2023 | Shelby Lynn shared the second Reddit post, titled "Update on a piked girl (me)." The post has since been deleted by moderators of the Subreddit. |
| 25.05.2023 | Shelby Lynn starts a Twitter/X account and gives a detailed report about her story. She includes videos and photos. |
| 28.05.2023 | Rammstein are posting the first statement to Twitter/X:
With regard to the allegations circulating on the internet about Vilnius, we can rule out the possibility that what is being claimed took place in our environment. We are not aware of any official investigations into this matter. |
| 30.05.2023 | As the very first, ease agency distanced themselves on Instagram from the band and promised to help to clear all things up. They did so, even though their contract ended months before already:
Statement on the current allegations against Till Lindemann Since April 13th we are no longer working for Rammstein and distancing ourselves from the band as well as the behavior expressed by the current accusations. We deeply condemn this and will also contribute to the clarification of the accusations according to our possibilities. Malte Schröber CEO / ease agency GmbH |
| 30.05.2023 | After sharing multiple screenshots of such online articles herself, Shelby Lynn cleared up that Till did not touch or rape her:
I’d like to clarify again. Till did NOT touch me. He accepted I did not want to have sex with him. I never claimed he raped me. Please read the entire Twitter thread for full context before making reports. |
| 31.05.2023 | Colonel Kurtz releases a video interview with another girl from row 0 that day. She is denying all of Shelby Lynn‘s claims. |
| 02.06.2023 | The German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" is releasing the first big article about the accusations. For the article the journalists talked to multiple women who have experiences with Till Lindemann. |
| 02.06.2023 | Book publisher "Kiepenheuer & Witsch" is ending the contracts with Till Lindemann. |
| 02.06.2023 | Jadu released a statement in her Instagram stories, in which she defends Till and says to never have experienced anything bad with or around him. Jadu was the support act on the Lindemann tour 2020. |
| 03.06.2023 | Rammstein release their second statement on Instagram:
The publications of the last few days have caused irritation and questions among the public and especially among our fans. The accusations have hit us all very hard and we take them extremely seriously. To our fans we say: It is important to us that you feel comfortable and safe at our shows - in front of and behind the stage. We condemn any kind of assault and ask you: Do not participate in public pre-judgements of any kind towards those who have made accusations. They have a right to their point of view. But we, the band, also have a right - not to be prejudged either. |
| 04.06.2023 | The German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag" is releasing the second big story about the allegations. |
| 05.06.2023 | German YouTuber Kayla Shyx releases her video about her experiences at Till‘s aftershow party. She also repeats some of the allegations made by other people. |
| 05.06.2023 | German drugstore "Rossmann" is banning all Rammstein perfumes from their online shop. |
| 06.06.2023 | German YouTuber "Rezo" also releases his video about the allegations. |
| 07.06.2023 | German "BILD" newspaper reports about GGPoker distancing from Till Lindemann. |
| 07.06.2023 | A Dutch newspaper reports that the video Child of Sin would not be released. |
| 07.06.2023 | Berlin public prosecutor's office is starting investigations against Till Lindemann. They kept this a secret until 14.06.2023. |
| 08.06.2023 | Till‘s lawyers, Schertz Bergmann, are releasing their first press release. It's about what they see going wrong in the way the media is reporting about the allegations. |
| 08.06.2023 | The Theater Regensburg announced to not perform the "Mein Herz brennt" cycle. |
| 09.06.2023 | German newspaper "Thüringer Allgemeine" reports about design agency Samt&Seidel not wanting to work together with Till Lindemann anymore. |
| 09.06.2023 | Lithuanian police is reporting about not starting any investigations. |
| 09.06.2023 | The third big story about the allegations is being released by "SPIEGEL." |
| 13.06.2023 | The company "Riggingwerk" does not want to work with Till Lindemann anymore. |
| 14.06.2023 | Flake‘s podcast is being halted. |
| 14.06.2023 | Zana Ramadani is sharing her experience with Till Lindemann. |
| 14.06.2023 | The Berlin public prosecutor's office announced to have started investigations against Till Lindemann. |
| 15.06.2023 | Universal Music will stop promoting Rammstein releases. |
| 16.06.2023 | Schneider releases a statement about the allegations on Instagram:
Dear all, I would like to share my personal emotions and thoughts with you. The accusations of the last weeks have deeply shaken us as a band and me as a human being. You fans as well, I‘m sure. I feel like I am in shock by the things that have been shared and printed on social media and in the press about our singer. This is an up and down of emotions for us band members and crew. No, I don‘t think anything criminal (like the use of knockout drops) happened. No. I don‘t think anything forbidden was going on, never observed anything like that and never heard anything like that from anyone in our crew of a hundred. All I witnessed from Till‘s parties were adults partying with each other. And yet, apparently things happened that - while legally okay - I personally don‘t think are okay. Certain structures have grown that went beyond the boundaries and values of the rest of the band members. It is also important to us that Till‘s parties are not confused with our official aftershow parties. Till has distanced himself from us in recent years and created his own bubble. With his own people, his own parties, his own projects. That made me sad, definitely. I believe Till when he tells us that he always wanted and wants to give his private guests a good time. However, how exactly these guests had imagined this, apparently differs in some cases from his own ideas. The wishes and expectations of the women who have now come forward were probably not fulfilled. According to their statements, they felt uncomfortable, on the verge of a situation they could no longer control. I am sorry for them and I feel sympathy. Nevertheless, it is important for me to emphasize something objective: Every guest in the backstage area is free to leave (he might have to wait a short time to be brought safely to the exit by a security). All bottles are sealed and freshly opened in front of the guests or they open them themselves. Water and snacks are available at all times just like security personnel and medical care. We want all our guests to feel comfortable and safe with us! That is our standard. So I am sorry to hear that some did not feel that way. We have the greatest fans in the world and all deserve to be treated with respect! I‘m sorry for anyone who didn‘t feel comfortable or safe backstage with us. Also for Shelby, she deserved a great concert and a wonderful evening. But I don‘t want this whole public dispute about our band to feed the extremes: Neither the beast social media, which has not yet been tamed by our society, nor paternalistic tendencies to deny women in their mid-20s the ability to make self-determined decisions about their sexuality, and also in no way victim blaming, so that people continue to dare to talk about it when something has happened to them. I would like to see a calm, level-headed reflection and coming to terms, also in our band. And all together, six of us. We stand together. Your Christoph Schneider |
| 16.06.2023 | The anniversary edition of Sehnsucht is not being considered for the charts. |
| 16.06.2023 | Flake‘s appearance in the talkshow "Ina‘s Nacht" is being cut out. |
| 16.06.2023 | The Amadeu Antonio Stiftung is collecting donations to help women in their fight against Till Lindemann. They collected a sum of 826,192 €. |
| 18.06.2023 | Schneider posts a photo of his and Till's hands holding each other, followed by the text "We stand together." |
| 20.06.2023 | The "Peng. Kollektiv" is trying to get tickets to the concerts in Berlin, because they plan "something big." |
| 21.06.2023 | "Tagesspiegel" reports that the Berlin public prosecutor's office is already investigating against Till since June 7. |
| 22.06.2023 | "Das Verlagshaus" is halting the release of the new photo book Der Rhein. |
| 23.06.2023 | The Public prosecutor's office in Vilnius reports that they will not start investigations against Till Lindemann. |
| 23.06.2023 | Schertz Bergmann release a screenshot on Twitter/X of an advertising for #metoo articles, which uses a photo of Till Lindemann. |
| 25.06.2023 | Unknown people spray graffiti on a wall near TIll's house: "Till Lindemann is a rapist." |
| 26.06.2023 | An unknown group of people posted on "Kontrapolis" that they attacked the Rammstein building in the Hertzstraße, Berlin. Windows were broken and graffiti was sprayed on doors. The activists call for "creatively disrupting, sabotaging and preventing the planned Rammstein concerts in Berlin on July 15, 16, and 18." |
| 26.06.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the second press release. It's about the Vilnius public prosecutor's office not doing any investigations and that the bruises on Shelby Lynn's body are most likely without cause of accident without external influence. |
| 05.07.2023 | In a now deleted post, the official Instagram account of Till Lindemann promoted the soon release of the music video for Child of Sin. |
| 06.07.2023 | German newspaper "Welt" is releasing their first part of the podcast. |
| 07.07.2023 | Lawyers Lichte Rechtsanwälte are releasing a statement about Regional Court Hamburg issuing a ban against "SPIEGEL" for their story "Der Fall Rammstein." |
| 10.07.2023 | Christian Schertz gave an interview to Blick.ch. |
| 12.07.2023 | German newspaper "Welt" is releasing their second part of the podcast. |
| 15.07.2023 | A demonstration with around 200 people took place in front of the Olympiastadion in Berlin. One of the demonstrants was seen holding a "Kill your toxic masculinity Till" poster. "your toxic masculinity" was deliberately written very small, so that from afar people were only able to read "Kill Till." |
| 16.07.2023 | Again unknown activists share their acts against Till Lindemann on "Kontrapolis." This time it's graffitis saying "Till, wir krien (sic) dich" ("Till, we'll get you"), "Täter töten" ("Kill perpetrators"), and "Rammstein zerschlagen" ("Smash Rammstein"), flyers with "Sterbehilfe für Vergewaltiger" ("Euthanasia for rapists"), and a tombstone with Till's name on it. |
| 17.07.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the third press release. It has since been deleted. It was about the Regional Court Hamburg issuing a ban against "SPIEGEL" for their story "Der Fall Rammstein." |
| 17.07.2023 | "Tagesschau" is reporting about allegations now made against Flake. |
| 17.07.2023 | "Tagesspiegel" reports about two people being arrested by the police at the Rammstein concert on July 16. They were found handling cable ducts. Another person was able to flee. |
| 18.07.2023 | The "Peng. Kollektiv" is taking full responsibility for the action at the Rammstein concert on July 16. |
| 20.07.2023 | After the Regional Court Hamburg has issued a ban on some statements made in the "SPIEGEL" story "Der Fall Rammstein," the user @rammsteinkenner compared the old and new versions of the story on Twitter/X. |
| 20.07.2023 | Ann-Katrin Müller posts a statement on Twitter/X, in which she claims that some of the things from the third Schertz Bergmann press release (see 17.07.2023) are not true. |
| 21.07.2023 | The "TAZ" previously reported about Rammstein having been to the Kit Kat Club in Berlin. They issued a correction for that article. |
| 23.07.2023 | Simon Bergmann gave an interview to "Cicero." |
| 24.07.2023 | "ORF.at" is reporting about a woman from Austria, who claims that Till hit her on the buttocks against her will. |
| 25.07.2023 | "SPIEGEL" is reporting about the ban issued against them by the Regional Court Hamburg and is releasing the full court decision. |
| 25.07.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the fourth press release. It's about a preliminary injunction against Kayla Shyx. |
| 26.07.2023 | Demonstrations in front of the Rammstein concert in Vienna. Again with a "Kill Till" poster. |
| 27.07.2023 | Shelby Lynn is holding a speech in Berlin. |
| 31.07.2023 | Kayla Shyx is releasing a video statement about the preliminary injunction. |
| 04.08.2023 | "SPIEGEL" releases a story about a woman, who claims to have been having a romantic relationship with Till in 2011, when she was 15. |
| 04.08.2023 | A user posted a long article in which he shows the many inconsistencies Shelby Lynn made in her story over time. |
| 05.08.2023 | "BILD" reports about a burglary in Till Lindemann's apartment. |
| 05.08.2023 | Marion Schöne, CEO of the Olympiapark München, refuses to name Rammstein and just says "a German rock band" in a review of the year:
A German rock band even filled the stadium 4 times - an absolute record - but in view of the revelations of some female fans, no joy could arise with me about it. |
| 11.08.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the fifth press release. It's about preliminary injunctions against "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and "Tagesschau." |
| 15.08.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the sixth press release. It's about "SPIEGEL" failing to forbid Schertz Bergmann some passages in their statement from 17.07.2023. |
| 15.08.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the full court decision against "SPIEGEL" on their Twitter/X. |
| 16.08.2023 | "Tagesschau" reports that Till Lindemann took back his lawsuit against the website Campact. |
| 16.08.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the seventh press release. It's about another preliminary injuction against "Tagesschau." |
| 17.08.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the eigth press release. It's about the Regional Court Hamburg seeing all of Shelby Lynn's statements as free speech and not as expression of suspicion. |
| 18.08.2023 | Lawyer Jasper Prigge releases a statement. He also releases the full court decision. |
| 18.08.2023 | "SPIEGEL" reports that the two German politicians, Dorothee Bär and Julia Klöckner, are inviting Shelby Lynn to an event of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag in the fall. |
| 29.08.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the ninth press release. It's about the Berlin public prosecutor's office announcing to stop their investiations against Till Lindemann. |
| 29.08.2023 | The Berlin public prosecutor's office is releasing their own statement about ending the investigations against Till Lindemann. |
| 04.09.2023 | "SPIEGEL" was now successful against Schertz Bergmann and their press release from 17.07.2023. Schertz Bergmann said that "SPIEGEL" was forbidden to use two "Tatsachenbehauptungen" (Statements of facts), while in reality those were "Verdachtsberichterstattung" ("Suspicious Activity Reporting"). As a result Schertz Bergmann deleted the press release. |
| 15.09.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the tenth press release. It's about a case in Austria and the report of the ORF. |
| 19.10.2023 | Schertz Bergmann is releasing the eleventh press release. It's about the reprimant against Süddeutsche Zeitung, SPIEGEL and Kayla Shyx. |
| 30.10.2023 | Simon Bergmann gave an interview to Neue Zürcher Zeitung, in which he reveals a few more details. |
| 21.03.2024 | Das Erste shows the 30 minutes documentary "Rammstein - Die Reihe Null". |
| 13.05.2024 | German TV station Das Erste shows a documentary abour Dr. Christian Schertz, partner of Simon Bergmann, who is the lawyer for Till Lindemann. |
| 28.05.2024 | Lena Kampf and Daniel Drepper release their 272 pages book "Row Zero: Gewalt und Machtmissbrauch in der Musikindustrie". |