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Instagram Plea to Identify Alleged Father Stays Up at Hamburg Club

Data-retention rules left no footage, pushing the search into public view.

Overview

  • The woman says she became pregnant after a brief encounter at Frieda B. on May 16 and emailed the club seeking help to identify the man.
  • Club owner Maren Dickers reposted an anonymized screenshot of the request on Instagram with a pointed caption asking who would take responsibility.
  • The woman asked that the post be removed and reported distress over the attention, but Dickers declined, citing the redaction of her name.
  • The post drew both offers of help and numerous abusive comments, illustrating the risks of public appeals in sensitive cases.
  • Dickers says no surveillance video exists from that night due to data-protection practices, she issued a formal confirmation of the woman’s search for administrative purposes, and it remains unclear whether the man has come forward.