AvroTros will not take action in Joost Klein Eurovision case

Broadcaster AvroTros said on Tuesday that it does not plan to take further action over the Dutch entrant’s disqualification from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, even though Swedish prosecutors have dropped charges against Joost Klein.

“We cannot reverse what has happened,” a spokesman said, adding that legal action would not be helpful or responsible.

The broadcaster is about to meet with the European Broadcasting Union to discuss many “We want to improve the situation for the Netherlands and other countries, and this is where we need to make progress,” the spokesman said.

Several other contestants also spoke out about the toxic atmosphere at the competition and called for change.

Swedish prosecutors said earlier this month that Abandoned the investigation Enter Behavior Dutch rapper Klein was disqualified on final day after he got into a fight with a female photographer during rehearsal on Thursday.

Swedish prosecutors said Klein “made a movement” that hit the woman’s camera, but that the movement happened “quickly” and was interpreted differently by different witnesses.

“Today I have closed the investigation because I cannot prove that the conduct was capable of causing serious fear or that the man had such an intention,” senior prosecutor Fredrik Jönsson said in a statement.