“Can’t control my senses”Singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker confirmed his previous relationship with a 15-year-old
Konstantin Wecker is a famous songwriter. However, a woman made serious allegations against him. He had a relationship with her many years ago when he was 15 years old. The liaison traumatized him. The musician regretted the relationship and forgave it because of the difficult phase in his life.
Munich singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker faces serious accusations: A 30-year-old woman told “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ) that the artist had an intimate relationship with her when she was underage. She met Wecker as a student at age 15 after attending a concert. Wecker was 63 years old at the time. In 2011 and 2012 he was said to have exchanged chat messages and made telephone calls with the young man almost every day; the woman also reported multiple sexual encounters in hotel rooms after she turned 16. The description raises new questions in the debate about power imbalances and the responsibilities of leading artists towards young fans.
Konstantin Wecker admitted through a lawyer that, as he recalled at the time, it was a “consensual relationship with the young woman, which, however, according to moral standards, represented completely inappropriate behavior” on his part.
Teachers were given access to diaries, chats and emails intended to document the relationship. According to the woman, who is still undergoing therapy today because of the psychological impact, this relationship caused lasting trauma. “As an adult, I wanted to defend a 15-year-old because no one was doing it at that time,” he told SZ.
The artist, who is now 78 years old, expressed his “deepest regrets” through his lawyer. The lawyer said he “could not control his sanity” at the time. It was a time when songwriters consumed a lot of alcohol over a long period of time. In his art and interviews over the past few decades, Wecker has repeatedly discussed bad behavior and drug use, but never reported the relationship.
Two weeks ago, Wecker canceled all of his current tour appearances for this month. He has been seriously ill since earlier this month and is now undergoing inpatient treatment, his lawyer wrote.
