Universal Music on Thursday said it had suspended marketing and promotional activities for German metal band Rammstein after a wave of sexual assault claims against the band's frontman. | News24Arts
"The accusations against Till Lindemann have shocked us and we have the greatest respect for the women who have spoken out so courageously in public in this case," the label said in a statement.
Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened an investigation against Lindemann in connection with the claims.Germany's Culture Minister Claudia Roth on Thursday said the investigation into Lindemann"underlines that the accusations are to be taken very seriously". The scandal erupted after a young Irish woman posted on social media that she had been drugged and propositioned by Lindemann at a backstage party in Vilnius.
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