Overnight, the Swedish Prosecution Authority dropped the investigation into Joost Klein for alleged actions at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
To recap, the prosecutors said:
"The investigation has come to the conclusion that the man made a movement that hit the woman's film camera. The course of events was fast and was perceived differently by the witnesses of the incident."
"I have closed the investigation because I cannot prove that the act was capable of causing serious fear or that the man had any such intention."
This has led to statements from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Dutch broadcaster AVROTOS. You can read these here.
Joost Klein took to Instagram overnight to make his feelings known.
The last couple of months were terrible. Even though I love to perform anywhere around the world, something didn't feel right. Why did we have to wait so long for an answer? Everyday I felt insecure whilst I knew the truth. There is no case against me, because there never was a case.
We should all take care for each other, we should all support each other and we should ALL come together. Companies just want to protect their money and they tried to use me as a shield. A village against the city...
Guess what? LOVE ALWAYS WINS. TRUST THE PROCESS!!!!! EVEN THOUGH I LOST ALL HOPE
WE BACK NOW BABY!!! ALBUM MODE!!!!!!!
His manager had earlier told Dutch news agency ANP:
"We, as a team, are incredibly happy and relieved that this period of uncertainty has now come to an end. Finally, we can say it out loud: there was never a reason for this case.”
This is a developing story and we will update when more information comes to light.
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