Article about the Tom Incident

I found this article at Max Latinos.

A fan has accused Tom Kaulitz of beating her when she took a picture of him at a gas station in Hamburg. If you're paying over $5 a gallon you'd be pissed too!? gas prices in Germany are insane!

BERLIN, Germany, April. 17, 2009 .- Tom Kaulitz, a member of the German band Tokio Hotel, allegedly punched a fan who took a picture of him at a gas station in Hamburg, the newspaper Bild reported.

Apparently the couple, accompanied by a friend, followed the car in which Kaulitz was traveling with a guitarist from a recording studio in the city, and when the car stopped to fuel up, the fan took a photograph of the musician, with a flash.

Tom Kaulitz, teenage idol, was with his twin brother Bill, Tom was sporting some funky clothing and has dreadlocks hairstyle to sport.

According to the victim who informed police, Kaulitz, 19, then lowered the window and he launched a lit cigarette at her, which she picked up on and lit it off the glass of his car.

The newspaper notes that the member of Tokio Hotel, of the successful German band with legions of fans around the world, then got out of the car struck the girl in the face with his arm and pushed her to the ground.

His companion broke off the scene and then climbed back into his car and left the place.

The assault was notified to the police in Hamburg, which has opened an investigation.

Bild claims that she has had access to the video surveillance tape from the gas station and that the images confirmed the testimony of the young fan.