Defendant, German entrepreneur and gastronome Christina Block (R) sits next to her lawyer Ingo Bott (L) in the courtroom as in background can be seen Block's partner, co-defendant and former sports reporter Gerhard Delling (C), prior to the continuation of the trial over alleged child abduction at the Criminal Court in Hamburg, northern Germany, on August 18, 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)