Co-defendant German former sports journalist Gerhard Delling (back L) stands behind his partner, defendant German entrepreneur and gastronome Christina Block (front R), who looks at her lawyer Ingo Bott (front L), while her lawyer Paula Wlodarek (back R) is seen in the background, as they wait for the continuation of Christina Block's trial over alleged child abduction at the District Court in Hamburg, northern Germany, on May 5, 2026. The public prosecutor's office accuses 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)