Natalia Sturm spoke publicly about a troubling episode that involved a man she encountered online. The singer described a troubling incident on a trip that led to distrust and heartbreak. According to Sturm, a foreign man named Plamen charmed her companion during a vacation in Spain. In the early hours of the morning, while the couple rested at a hotel, the man asked in a soft voice for a taxi. The companion, Yıldız, grew upset at the request and sealed herself in her room after hearing a door slam and watching Plamen depart. The following day, Sturm realized that 1,500 euros had vanished from her wallet.
Sturm recalls texting the man to request the return of the money. The reply she received was not a repayment but a declaration of affection for another woman, implying there was no room for the alleged intrigue. The response left Sturm stunned. While she rejected pursuing legal action, she did not want to cause a public confrontation, she stated, but she hopes the cautionary tale will alert other women to avoid similar scams.
According to Sturm, the person in question frequently uses dating platforms and appears to favor Russian women. She suggested that his circle includes Russian partners, including a wife and a mistress, who each contribute financially. The singer characterized the man as someone who collects money from multiple relationships while presenting himself as a desirable figure invited from Moscow. This pattern, she noted, underscores the risk of manipulative online romances.
Previously, a separate figure, Alexey Panin, reportedly traveled to the United States after a dispute in Estonia, which Sturm did not connect directly to the current events but was mentioned in the broader discussion of publicized personal crises in the entertainment world.