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Has Shapovalov seduced Yulia Volkova?


The creator and, in fact, the owner of the group Tatu, Ivan Shapovalov, became an object of a serious investigation of the British press- especially after Shapovalov gave a sensational interview to the newspaper "The Sun". The British people accuse Shapovalov of engaging into sexual intercourse with Yulia Volkova, when she was 14 years old, even though- based on Russian laws- it is not considered to be a crime.
The manager of a scandalous pop-duet Tatu acknowledged that he had sexual intercourses with underage people. In a shocking interview with "The Sun" he also confirmed that he personally created the lesbian image of the group Tatu.
Ex-psychologist for children, 36 years old Ivan Shapovalov, who has a 14-years old son, also declared that he was "using" young girls while searching for a bride for himself. As a result of the investigation, led by the newspaper, it was possible to find out that Ivan Shapovalov slept with the soloist of the group, Yulia Volkova, when she was merely 14 years old. When Tatu girls were signing the 5 years-long contract with Shapovalov, neither the very girls nor their parents knew of the lesbian theme of the group, and also of that they will have to express on the stage the teenage lesbian love.
The exclusive interview was given by Shapovalov together with Yulia and Lena in order to underline an untraditional image of the group. "Actually, his confessions reveal his unhealthy tendencies for exploiting young girls, who desire the fame"- thinks competent British media.
Idea of Tatu was born from the exploration of the market- says Shapovalov- Majority of people search through Internet for pornography- especially in relation to the underage people. I realized that their necessities are not satisfied. And, as it became clear later, I was right. But it also corresponded to my personal desires. I also prefer the underage ones.
- Have you ever slept with any of the members of the group?
- It doesn't' matter whether I did , or not. I don't remember.
We have already mentioned not once, that for the last number of weeks Tatu was the best selling Russian pop-group. In the world there was already sold 5mln copies of the single "All the things she said". At the past week Tatu became the first Russian group, which was at the head of English hit-parade. The video was restricted on BBC because of the girls, who were wearing the school uniform and kissing.
Shapovalov proclaimed that the girls were always good friends and had sex with pleasure since early age. And the name of the group is a Russian abbreviation for "TA(that) devochka(girl) lyubit (loves) TU(that) devochku(girl)". However, when the girls started appearing in the dance clubs being accompanied by young males, it became clear, that they are not lesbians at all. And they, themselves, verify that they have boyfriends.
Cynical manipulations of Shapovalov with the young girls were revealed during the "hearings". Elena Kiper- , ex-author of Tatu songs and ex-lover of Shapovalov,- asserts that he (Shapovalov) regularly slept with those girls, who dreamt of being stars. It was confirmed by the very Shapovalov, even though he avoids to mention the age of the girls: I do it constantly. Constantly! In such way I am looking for a bride".
Elena also testified that Shapovalov slept with Yulia, when she was only 14 years old. And even though based on Russian laws it is not considered to be an act of crime, in the West it can harm the image of the group. Elena left the group an year ago as the sign of the protest against filming of excessively blunt video.
- Ivan told me once that he would want to sleep with Yulia. Then, he said that he "took" her during one of the dates - it happened at the back seat of the car. Certainly, Yulia was just a young girl from a poor family, who dreamt of fame, and Ivan convinced her that this the way to reach everything she wants. In a couple of weeks after that night in the car we put together the group Tatu, and Ivan told me:" Yulia- is an excellent choice. She is slightly dumb, but is very sexy. We f**ked really well". Yulia was attracted to Ivan. During the tours I and him already lived together, but in the mornings Yulia would knock on our door, because she wanted to be with him. She didn't know that I was already there.
Shapovalov and Yulia deny everything. Yulia became strongly enraged:
- You can think whatever you want to think, but I am telling you, that this is not true. He is a likable, pleasant person. For me he is a friend and a producer and nothing more.
Yet, Elena testifies that Ivan knows children's psychology very well and is capable of winning children's favour:
- He is a psychologist and knows the methods, with the help of which it is possible to win the child's favour. And during the process of selecting the girls he would find tens of those, who would be ready to fulfill any fantasies of his- they believed, that he loved them. All of them were falling in love with him- and I, too. He can make you view him with his own eyes.
During the tours in the Russian provinces the girls were told to get undressed on the stage and simulate the sexual intercourse. Elena Kiper says:
- The girls were so happy, that they were chosen, and they were certain, that managers know what they do. But the further it was- the more it was: the girls had to lie down on the stage and spread their legs apart in front of the audience. Or they had to get undressed down to their waist and call the spectators on the stage. The girls were complaining, but it didn't change anything.
Shapovalov doesn't deny it: "Possibly, someone was telling them to do so".
Yulia said in a fit of temper:" Yes, we were doing so. But it was our idea. We liked it. And, in fact, we expected England to react in such way… We do it at the right time- this is how it has to be done, while we are young."
Ivan Shapovalov keeps insisting on that the girls are lesbians, and that BBC must be "cured" due to the reason of them forbidding the exposure of the video of Tatu. He also mentioned that as soon as the 4th Channel presenter announced about "pedophiliac tendencies" of Tatu, the sale of the album has only increased. "We didn't use sex in order to sell the songs. You don't have to be sexy in order to be noticed. You have to be honest", - he declared.



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