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Rammstein singer Till Lindemann, accused of sexual assault, now sees the investigation opened against him by the Berlin prosecutor's office closed. "The evaluation of the available evidence (...) and the hearing of witnesses did not establish that the accused had non-consensual sex with women," he said.

The Berlin prosecutor's office announced Tuesday that it was ending the investigation it opened in mid-June against Rammstein singer Till Lindemann, accused of sexual assault. "The evaluation of the available evidence (...) and the hearing of witnesses did not establish that the accused had non-consensual sex with women," the Berlin prosecutor's office wrote about the singer of the German-language band that sold the most albums in the world. The case began at the end of May with the testimony of a 24-year-old Irish woman accusing the singer and lyricist of the group of having drugged and sexually assaulted her after a concert the same month in Lithuania.

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Other women who described the same scenario

Other young women then testified, all describing more or less the same scenario. The groupies would have been spotted in the front rows of concerts, filmed or photographed so that Lindemann could make his choice, before for some to be invited backstage for parties. Some would then have been drugged before suffering the assaults of the singer, currently 60 years old, who denied through his lawyers.

The outcry over the allegations had led to protests ahead of the band's concerts in several countries, as well as the cancellation of post-show parties at concerts in Germany. The success of Rammstein, the best-selling German-speaking band in the world, is based in particular on the excessive concerts, with great pyrotechnics, guitar riffs and the imposing physical presence of Till Lindemann.