Source: Rhein-Zeitung
October 29, 2005
 
Translation: beilie

Bohlen is ought to pay his ex-partner

Thomas Anders, the second half of “Modern Talking”, will receive 60.000 euro of compensation for immaterial damage from his ex-colleague.

Now Thomas can have a sigh of relief. The Berlin court has decided: Dieter Bohlen, his ex-partner from duo “Modern Talking”, has to pay 60.000 euro of compensation for moral damages, because he has prosecuted Anders unjustly in appropriating money gained in tours. For the pop-singer from Koblenz the chapter, concerned with Bohlen, “finally, at last” got over.

Berlin/Koblenz. Thomas Anders asserts that now his mind became peaceful and calm. In his talk with our reporter he said: “I’m happy that everything has finally come to the end”.

Let’s look back. Both ex-singers of famous duo had been keeping fighting with each other for ages. The quarrel has flared up because of Dieter Bohlen’s book “Hinter den Kulissen”. Bohlen has prosecuted Anders unjustly in appropriating money and jugging the accounts during their tours. Anders has demanded 1 million for compensation of moral damages, caused by this libel. Then the sum was lessened till 250.000, and the final verdict of the court came to 60.000 euro.

However, Anders didn’t want to get something for himself: “Unfortunately, it is less than we have expected. But this money will be paid by Mister Bohlen. Thus, this trial was not lost on him financially”. Anders is planning to use this money for charity. “With no doubt, this sum will be used for children’s needs”.

He hasn’t seen Dieter Bohlen for a long time. He wouldn’t smoke the peace-pipe together with this greatest producer of scandal headlines for rags not for all the tea in China. But that’s not the point of hatred. “It would be a bad adviser”. If they would have to clash with Bohlen somewhere, Thomas “would remain almost indifferent”. But “Modern Talking-3 would never exist for sure”.

The famous duo “Modern Talking” broke up on June, 2003. In 80-s Anders and Bohlen have conquered charts with their songs “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”, “Cheri Cheri Lady” and “Brother Louie”.

Would Thomas like to erase the time of cooperation with Bohlen from his memory? It is not a question for Anders: “It would be discourteous for my part – to forget about his existence holus-bolus. Dieter Bohlen is a part of my life. We could earn a pretty sum of money and broke a lot of musical records. No. It would be an illustration of flabbiness” – he said. And he promises a new album in the beginning of next March. This album will demonstrate “completely new sides” of him – the album accompanied by a string orchestra. So, he’s got no time to worry about Bohlen, especially just before the fifth season of “Best of Formel 1”.