Andy Grote

Andy Grote (born 14 June 1968) is a German politician serving as senator for the interior and sports of Hamburg since 2016. From 2008 to 2012, he was a member of the Hamburg Parliament.

Controversies

Pimmelgate Poster on the Red Flora, the message was continuously removed by the police and re-added by an unknown party. Grote became known throughout Germany after he filed criminal charges against a person that called Grote "1 Pimmel" on Twitter (now X). This led to the apartment of the accused ex-girlfriend being raided by the police, despite the accused having moved out a while before.

This event was widely criticized and condemned in Germany, with the raid eventually being declared illegal and all charges against the perpetrator being dropped. The controversy became known as Pimmelgate.