in march 2019, "freedom newspaper" reported that lowe had been jailed in germany in the 1980s on "alleged drug related issues", and was later involved in litigation after accusing a prison warden of sexual assault. lowe responded by saying, "i saw the newspaper that is circulating. if the person, who wrote the story understands german, he will know that i haven’t done anything wrong. i was violated. i am not going to dignify what they are saying."