The television station ProSieben contradicts statements by club guests in Berlin that they were secretly pricked with needles for a planned TV report by the station.
"The club visitors were not pricked.
They have been marked with a highlighter.
It's completely harmless," said broadcaster spokesman Christoph Körfer.
A 27-year-old told Der Spiegel magazine that although she knew about the shooting in the club, she did not associate the "stab" with it and found the situation "very abusive".
Körfer, on the other hand, emphasized: "Immediately after the TV team realized that a lady was unsettled after touching the highlighter, she was enlightened by the reporter.
In this conversation, the lady was immediately informed that it was not a needle but a highlighter and what the experiment was about.” The woman quoted by “Spiegel” gave completely different information about the timing.
ProSieben emphasizes that the footage shot clearly shows the chronological sequence.
According to ProSieben, the controversial planned contribution is a production for the journal “Zervakis & Opdenhövel.
Live".
It should be about needle attacks, so-called needle spiking.
This describes attacks, for example in dark, noisy clubs, in which primarily women are pricked with needles and drugged by strangers.
Incidents of this type have been more frequent recently, so there is a certain fear in the nightlife.
“Zervakis & Opdenhövel” returns on Wednesday (September 7th) after a twelve-week summer break.
According to ProSieben, it was still unclear on Friday whether the contribution would appear in the first issue.