Rammstein drummer comments on allegations against Till Lindemann

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Rammstein drummer Christoph Schneider has spoken out about allegations that have been against the band’s frontman Till Lindemann in relation to his conduct at after-show parties on their current tour.

Schneider said that he did not believe that Lindemann had done anything illegal, but added that the singer has “distanced himself from us in recent years and created his own bubble”.Allegations against Lindemann began to surface at the end of last month when a woman claimed online that she had been drugged after being invited to join pre- and after-show parties at a concert in Vilnius, Lithuania.

After she went public, other women came forward with their own allegations.Both Lindemann and the band have strongly denied these accusations.

However, police in Berlin are now investigating Lindemann, and a spokesperson for the band told the BBC that they are conducting their own internal investigation.Referring to the accusations made against Lindemann in recent weeks, Schneider issued a statement in German on social media this weekend.“No, I don’t think anything criminal – such as the use of knockout drugs – happened”, he wrote. “I don’t think anything illegal was going on, I’ve never seen anything like it, nor heard anything like it from any of our crew of 100 people”.“All I heard about Till’s parties was that adults were celebrating together”, he then added. “And yet things seem to have happened that, although legally OK, I personally don’t think are OK”.He went on to say that “certain structures have emerged that went beyond the limits and values of the other band members” and, with that in mind, “it is also important to us that Till’s parties are not confused with our official after show parties”.“Till has distanced himself.