Overview
- The Landgericht Hamburg prohibited Shelby Lynn from repeating three verbatim statements from May 2023 that claimed she was spiked by Rammstein or by someone on the band's crew.
- Judges deemed those statements false factual allegations because Lynn did not prove band members or crew put drugs in her drink.
- Lynn may still say she was spiked at the concert and describe her perceptions such as memory gaps and a tequila shot given to attendees, which the court treated as value judgments or inferences.
- The decision in the main civil proceeding is not yet legally final, and the court split costs with Lindemann paying two-fifths and Lynn three-fifths.
- Both sides cast the outcome as a win, while investigators in Berlin had previously closed criminal inquiries after no alleged victims contacted authorities and an earlier 2023 bid for an interim injunction failed.