Berlin (ots) – Hamburg Regional Court does not see Shelby Lynn’s statements as an expression of suspicion, but a mere expression of opinion that does not violate Till Lindemann’s personal rights.
After Shelby Lynn recently publicly stated that she personally had nothing to accuse our client Till Lindemann of, the Hamburg Regional Court has now also decided in a decision of August 15, 2023 (Az. 324 O 256/23) that her statements are not expressions of suspicion, but mere reviews. To the background:
After attending a Rammstein concert in Vilnius on May 22, 2023, Shelby Lynn explained via the social networks Twitter and Instagram and in an interview with the BBC that drugs had been mixed in her drink. This statement was used on social networks and in the media to raise serious allegations against our client. For example, SPIEGEL raised the suspicion (now prohibited by the court) that our client drugged women at Rammstein concerts with knockout drops, drugs or alcohol in order to be able to perform sexual acts on the women.
We had applied for Till Lindemann to prohibit Shelby Lynn from claiming that drugs were mixed into her drink at the Rammstein concert in Vilnius. In the proceedings, she defended herself with the argument that she had not personally accused our client with her statements distributed via Twitter and Instagram. She was partially misquoted by the BBC. The fact that third parties would conclude that Lindemann was involved was not her fault, especially since she had expressly stated that she did not know when and how drugs were administered to her.
The Hamburg Regional Court took up this argument and rejected the application for an injunction on the grounds that Shelby Lynn had not expressed any suspicion against our client, but had merely drawn an evaluative conclusion on the basis of a connecting fact she alleged (unusual signs of failure with moderate alcohol consumption), which our client did not infringe his personal rights.
Even if our client’s request for injunction was rejected, the reasons for the resolution speak in our client’s favour. To the extent that it states that Shelby Lynn did not raise the suspicion that our client had put drugs in her drink, it is clear that all the subsequent reporting, which raised precisely this suspicion, is unfounded. The Hamburg Regional Court’s decision is also likely to have an impact on the preliminary investigations currently pending at the Berlin public prosecutor’s office, which were initiated by uninvolved third parties with reference to Shelby Lynn’s allegations.
Questions & contact:
Attorney Simon Bergman Schertz
Contact details:
Schertz Bergmann Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Kurfürstendamm 53, 10707 Berlin
E-Mail: sb@schertz-bergmann.de
Tel.: 030/88 00 15-0
Lawyer Prof. Dr. Christian Schertz
Contact details:
Schertz Bergmann Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Kurfürstendamm 53, 10707 Berlin
E-Mail: cs@schertz-bergmann.de
Tel.: 030/88 00 15-0
