Co-defendant German former sports journalist Gerhard Delling (R), partner of defendant German entrepreneur and gastronome Christina Block (not in picture), sits next to his lawyer David Rieks as he waits for the continuation of a trial over alleged child abduction at the District Court in Hamburg, northern Germany, (C) sits next to his lawyer Marko Voss (R) as he waits for the continuation of the trial against defendant German entrepreneur and gastronome Christina Block (not in picture) over alleged child abduction at the District Court in Hamburg, northern Germany, on January 19, 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 Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)