What and Why

David Jost has sent out an email to a number of media companies in Germany describing what happened and why. An article published by sueddeutsche.de describes the incident, the stalkers, and how Tom would never hit a real fan. They also say that stalking can lead to 3 years in prison in Germany.

To much closeness: According to statements of their management, the band TH and their families feel followed and threatened for a while already by a group of female stalkers. TH manager David Jost said, the four young men around singer Bill Kaulitz (19) and their families had frequently changed their place of living because of that. Right now, the musicians were being harassed by masked girls.

Jost confirmed that this had also been the background to an incident at a Hamburg fuel station where Bill’s twin brother Tom Kaulitz had been in a confrontation with a young woman. “These hooded girls are no fans, but they are militant stalkers, that has nothing to do with being a real fan”, Jost highlighted.

After a physical assault on a family member of the Kaulitz-twins, the band had reported an offense to the police against one of the stalkers. “At the start of next week, we will press further charges and among other things will request that these stalkers shall not be allowed any more to approach the band and above all not the family members of the band”, Jost wrote in an e-mail. Stalking (obsessive following) is a criminal offense. In Germany the maximum penalty are three years in prison.

According to the Hamburg police, there is an investigation ongoing against Tom Kaulitz, because he is supposed to have inflicted slight injuries in the face to a 21 year old last Wednesday evening. Jost confirmed also this incident, but pointed out: “Neither Tom nor another member of the band would ever raise their hand against a fan!”

According to the newspaper “BILD”, the young woman supposedly is the member of a French group named “Les afghanes on tour”, who always appear hooded and aggressively stalk the band.

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