Co-defendant Gerhard Delling (R), former presenter and sports journalists, stands next to his lawyer David Rieks prior to the continuation of the Block trial over alleged child abduction at the Criminal Court building in Hamburg, northern Germany, on October 1, 2026. The public prosecutor's office accuses Delling's partner Christina Block, heiress of a steakhouse chain, of ordering the abduction of her daughter, born in 2010, and her son, born in 2013. According to the indictment, the background to this is an escalating custody dispute over many years between Block and her former husband, who have four children together. (Photo by Georg Wendt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)