I'll try to be as concise as possible here because this is a serious, complicated, and horrific situation, it's easy to get mixed up.

Small edit: Just for those those who might not know, Rammstein is a globally famous metal/industrial band.

Let's start with some facts that even the Rammstein fandom can agree on:

• Rammstein hosts pre/after parties at their concerts.
• Rammstein have someone called Alena (https://instagram.com/alena_makeeva?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) pick out women to invite to after parties. Some fans say she was working for Marilyn Manson too but I have no clue if that part is true.
• A man called Joe Letz (https://instagram.com/joeletz?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) also works for the band and "manages" the after party girls. Many fans have pointed out that he's a creep and an outright racist having previously performed as a drummer in blackface, selling blackface merch, and other things. Even the fandom doesn't like him.
• The parties are highly secretive and phones are forbidden.
• Rammstein's frontman, Till Lindemann is openly a horny pervert. Now that doesn't automatically mean he does anything illegal of course, there's nothing wrong with doing porn or various other acts with consenting adults. What consenting adults do sexually is not our business.

HOWEVER

Over the past day or two, a person called Shelby has come forward on Instagram and Twitter. I am posting her links here because she is openly going public and trying to spread information and is collecting stories from other victims who want their voices heard.

IG: https://instagram.com/shelbys69666?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shelbys69666?s=20

You can go through her full story on social media but the short version is this:

• Shelby is drugged/spiked. She only had 2 drinks and a shot offered by lead singer Till, which under normal circumstances would not mess her up.
• Shelby is taken to lead singer Till for sex, even though she was told this meeting of Till was not for sex.
• Shelby refuses to have sex with Till and he gets mad, saying that he was told she would.
• Till doesn't let her leave immediately.
• Shelby has a giant bruise and finger marks on her body.
• Shelby has gone to the police and hospital, they've been largely useless.

Now, this is just a SUPER SHORT summary, I urge you to go through her IG stories/reels and twitter for more information and videos. She has also shared other horrific stories of victims that have shared theirs. You have the source directly available for once.

Shelby posted about this on r/rammstein and was swiftly met with a 90 day ban being told not to make stuff up. People in the community were super quick to accuse her of lying and all that classic BS. The mods were removing content related to this and once it was clear this was not going away, they unbanned her and made a megathread. However, they removed existing threads and initially didn't pin the megathread, which means that the topic would be buried very quickly. Only after ongoing pressure from the community did they finally sticky the megathread. The mods said they were just trying to be neutral, but you can see how their actions were not helpful here. I'm not saying they were actively malicious, but they reeeaallly didn't help the situation here and ultimately caused issues.

Anyway, there are now several women accusing Rammstein/their crew of horrible behavior (as seen on Shelby's socials), dating back to 2016 with this detailed tumblr post:

https://schollekruspe.tumblr.com/post/151062934082/why-did-i-stop-posting-about-rammstein-good?fbclid=PAAaZ4tcKh4d5FFudxA81h0rNV_7pKWHy3l-N6D064AsMRfmA4R2Ix_4iGGBs

The lengths at which Shelby has gone to share every possible detail are extraordinary. She has posted everything online, even her own body, to show everything. And yet the fandom is still jumping on her back and demanding more imaginary proof to pop out of thin air. It's disgusting. Luckily, there are parts of the fandom that support her too. Shelby stands to gain nothing from all of this and has to put up with endless online abuse, she's trying to make sure this (or something worse) doesn't happen to other women.

I don't know what can happen next, but I'm thankful that Shelby has the strength to speak up here and encourage others to share their stories too.

Edit: here's an update https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/13tdg2k/update_on_the_rammstein_drugging_and_assaulting/

Edit 2: the band has put out a ridiculous statement and issued a cease and desist to Shelby. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/13ucrqo/rammstein_have_issued_a_cease_and_desist_to_their/