As there are so many posts about this topic and it’s getting a bit out of hand, I’ll create one central place where we can talk about this stuff and share updates.
If there are very big updates, I might create a new post as the new megathread but for now, please don’t create new posts for updates but post them here as comments.
Latest news: AVROTROS (the Dutch broadcaster) released a statement. The full statement is in the comments but roughly, they state that against made agreements, Joost Klein was filmed directly after getting off the stage and getting to the greenroom. He indicated he didn’t want to be filmed, but this was not respected, leading to a threatening movement from Joost towards the camera, but he did not touch the camera women. This was the whole incident leading to the investigation by EBU and police, according to them.
In a multilingual environment like this competition It’s possible there’s was miscommunication about what’s to be filmed, where, or about someone’s desires to not be filmed or requests to stop (eg is it part of the persona they’re putting on? The crew has their orders to film this or that).
Regardless, it seems pretty extreme to ban someone given what I’ve read so far, certainly the Norwegians are standing behind the person and I wouldn’t think they would so strongly if they had an inkling of a suspicion that he was being abusive in any way, on the other hand I wouldn’t think EBU would casually stand down someone in the last stages of the competition over nothing, but will withhold judgement until more facts are known.