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Tokio Hotel: Guitarist in center of investigation, while band presses charges on Stalkers.
written by shannonlovesth

http://community.livejournal.com/tokiohotelnews/7366.html

As you have already heard Tom and the band are now involved in a investigation against him by the Hamburg Police Department. We believe in posting things that are fact and not Rumor that is why we waited to post this story here. This is a very difficult time for the band and we respect them enough to things that are facts and not fiction. There are so many articles about this story in many different languages and each reporter seems to be letting their opinions on Tom over shadow the facts.

Instead of posting a million articles that you could read through we just post highlights of information.

Here is what has been confirmed by Police and the management.

The Hamburg Police department has confirmed that on the night of Wednesday April 15, 2009 4 or 5 girls reported an assault on one at a Hamburg Gas Station.

Police Department's Report
According to a press release by the Police a 21 year old female was recieved minor facial injuries after a 19 year old musician hit her in the face. The female states that the she recognized the man and knocked on the window asking for a picture. The man responded by throwing a cigerette out of his window. The female then picked up the cigerette and pushed it against the car. The man exited his car and hit her in the face. When Police arrived he had already left.

The press release does not say that "Tom Kaulitz" or "Tom Kaulitz Trumper" was involved. But later a spokesperson for the Police Department said they were going to contact Tom about the investigation.

Security Tape
Security camera's at the gas station are said to have picked up the incident, but at the moment it is not known to the public what they show. They are said to be with the Police.
But on Thursday a RTL reporter claimed he saw the tape. He states the video shows Tom exiting his car, hitting the girl, and then driving off but nothing else.
Tabloids reporting that tapes show other things like Tom pushing another girl and then hitting a girl. One German tabloid reported that their was someone else in the car.
The tapes nor information on what they contain has not been made public by the Police.

Tom's side of the story.
Tom's side of the story is not yet known to the public. RTL reported on Wednesday(4/15) that Tom was to be questioned by Police later that day or on April 16th. But a spokesperson for the Police department told newspapers that Tom would receive a letter in a few days allowing him to tell his side of the story.

Stalkers and Management's Statement
Speculation that the girls involved were stalkers of the band immediately spread across the internet by fans. For the last few months information about a group of girls who had been harassing the band, their family and friends had been floating around forums and fansites. Images of the band were said to be taken by "fans" were released on blogs, many showing the band members cars, home, and friends. 2 weeks before the incident it was said that girls had been camping outside the studio. Early this week it was said that stalker activity outside the band's studio was out of control.

Tokio Hotel's manager David Jost spoke to BILD on April 17th saying that for the past few months the band had been dealing with a group of 5 French girls. They wrote threatening letters to the band, one that was obtained by the newspaper states that they were to cause a "nightmare" for the band in upcoming weeks. That nightmare is allegedly the incident that took place on April 15.

Jost revealing that on April 8th an incident involving the girls in masks chasing and assaulting band members Bill, and Tom's mother occurred and that the band pressed charges against and would now be pressing more. Also it is said that these girls through eggs at the band members cars and houses and verbally harassed the members.

All of these incidents were reported as rumors on fan clubs, forums, and fan sites prior to April 15th.

On a now deleted Myspace account the girls referred to themselves as "The Afghans On Tour". On the profile videos of the band along with images of the girls wearing simple masks to Afghan scarfs over their face can be seen while Lady Gaga's Paparazzi plays in the background. One girl in the images appears to have a black eye.

Blogs that once contained stalker material have been either deleted or material has been removed. Some have been replaced with words from "I support Tom Kaulitz." to "I Hate Tokio Hotel Fans."

Fan's Reaction

Most fans seem to understand what Tom did was wrong but still believe that he was pushed over the edge. Many are being very supportive and doing everything they can to let the band know they are still there for them. On the Official German Fan Club for the band fans have admitted to even trying to help with the investigation by sending links to stalkers blogs and screencaps of the pages that they had collected over time to investigators. Many fans have been expressing their thoughts on both situations via Messages boards, Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace. Negative comments regarding Tom that are made on the internet do not go unnoticed by these fans either.


We will update when we get more information.
-shannonlovesth