KitKat's handling of the situation is unacceptable.
To be so ignorant as a prestigious sex-open 'safe space' in one of the world's most thriving scenes is deeply concerning.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/berlin-nach-rammstein-auftritt-zur-sex-party-warum-feiert-till-lindemann-im-kitkat-club-li.370579
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After accusations from DJs, it is now certain:
Rammstein singer Till Lindemann partied at 'Kitkat' on Sunday.
Now artists are calling for a boycott of the club.
According to a Berlin DJ, Till Lindemann was able to celebrate an after-show party in Berlin - and at the famous fetish club Kitkat.
In her Instagram story, DJ Iva Bodul, who played at the Kitkat club on Monday night, wrote about the incident. "Unfortunately, the whole thing has a very shitty taste," she wrote, also posting a message from the Kitkat club.
The club's email says the Rammstein issue is "difficult" right now because they don't know too much about the case.
"Till Lindemann has been visiting us from time to time in the last few years," it says about the further accusation that Lindemann's bag was not checked.
Lindemann knew the security staff from previous visits. Further, the e-mail states: "Nothing ever happened in the club that was questionable, often his daughter was also there."
The accusations against Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann should be known to everyone by now - several women accuse the singer of sexually abusing them at after-show parties after Rammstein concerts, often using knockout drops.
Lindemann denies all accusations through his lawyers.
In the run-up to the three concerts at Berlin's Olympiastadion that the band played over the weekend (the last of the concerts takes place tonight), activists had demonstrated against the performances; Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) had canceled the band's planned Berlin after-show parties, she said, so serious were the allegations.
In response to an inquiry from the Berliner Zeitung, Kitkat operator Kirsten Krüger confirmed that Till Lindemann had visited the club with his bandmates on the night of July 16-17.
She could not answer whether his bag was checked or not: "The bag check takes place in the club, not outside. Not all bags are checked either, the crowds of visitors sometimes don't allow that," Krüger said.
"However, a 'celebrity bonus' did not and does not exist, at this point, to this day."
Even before Krüger confirmed the visit, the incident was already known in the club's environment.
Till Lindemann has not been on any blacklist of the club, it is said.
But when he spontaneously appeared in front of the club at the weekend, an "overtaxed bouncer" probably "reacted wrongly", someone from the club's environment reports.
DJs call for boycott of Kitkat club
Now other DJs are calling for consequences for the Kitkat club on social media.
"Ravers and DJs, finally boycott this store actively and loudly!" wrote the DJ Max Marlon.
Regarding the call for a boycott, Kerstin Krüger said, "I don't see how I can change this."
Berlin-based DJ Intaktogene joined Marlon's call for a boycott. She wonders how Lindemann was able to gain access to the famously sex-open club there, despite the allegations of abuse against him that are in the air.
"Anyone who lets a Till Lindemann into a sex-positive club and also defends that afterwards (because you don't know what's true) completely shits on the umpteen statements of women against which only one stands, that of the alleged perpetrator," she wrote on Instagram.
Regarding the accusation that Lindemann's bag was not checked, she wrote: "I don't think I need to explain how problematic this is in light of the accusations against him."
DJ Vaiana, who performed at Kitkat the same night as Iva Bodul, also clearly distanced herself from the case on Instagram.
She herself would not have been aware of the visit that evening. "That's an absolute no-go," she said. "Had I been in a position where I would have actually overheard about it, of course I would have 'spoken up' and advocated that the supposed safe space that the Kitty is trying to provide is actually a safe space right now."
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