A former Festival d’été de Québec staffer confirms that members of Rammstein’s entourage commissioned him to find “very beautiful young girls” to celebrate with the group after their 2010 concert on the Plains of Abraham.
Watch his testimony in the main video.
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In an interview with TVA Nouvelles, this man, who preferred to remain anonymous, mentioned that Rammstein wanted him to fill the backstage area with around thirty to forty young girls.
“I wasn’t told my age, but I was told very beautiful young girls,” says this ex-employee, who had access to the backstage area and claims to have said “no” to the Rammstein people twice.
His testimony complements that of former director general Daniel Gélinas, who confirmed to the Journal on Tuesday that such a request had been rejected by the organization of the FEQ.
Rammstein has been in turmoil since its singer Till Lindemann was accused by several women of being a sex offender. At the group’s concerts, he is said to have drugged and sexually abused selected female audience members.
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Despite the FEQ’s stubborn refusal, Rammstein still managed to gather around thirty girls backstage after the concert on the Plains, according to the former employee.
“As many minors as adults,” he specifies.
“Maybe half an hour later some band members and maybe technicians showed up. They started chatting, watching. It had the effect on me that we had prepared a buffet and that we [s’] prepared to select the young girls.”
None of the party attendees said they had been assaulted.
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Despite the serious allegations against his singer, Rammstein triumphantly began his summer stadium tour in front of tens of thousands of fans on Wednesday evening in Munich.
According to the German press, although demonstrators showed up at the stadium gate, there were no major incidents.
There was no gesture of solidarity with the group from viewers, contrary to announcements on social media, where fans of the metal group had expressed the idea of kneeling down to show their support for Rammstein.